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Synopsis: From a cell, a man tells us he has planned the perfect bank robbery; he invites us to watch. An efficient gang enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors, and takes hostages. They work deliberately, without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but half his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. The bank's president has something to protect in a safe deposit box, so he brings in Madeleine White, a high-power broker with a hidden agenda. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop, and the plutocrat's fixer enter high-stakes negotiations. Why are the robbers asking for a plane, if they are so competent and they know they won't get one? Why aren't they in more of a hurry? If the job's perfect, why is the thieves' leader in a cell?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Spike Lee
Production: Universal Pictures
  6 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2006
129 min
$88,439,515
Website
5,682 Views


Oh, good. Good.

I'm giving you a break, here.

Don't make me look like a fool.

- This is it, baby. The show!

- Yeah.

You got the call, man. God damn!

I guess I should be happy.

I might get to put off I.A.B.

Here's all you need to know.

You walk in unarmed.

Head bad guy puts a gun to your head

and makes you get on your knees.

You look around. There are five armed men

pointing Uzis at you.

Just picture them in their underwear.

How about orange jumpsuits and shackles?

- There you go, Keith. You can do this, man.

- Look out, bad guys. Here I come.

Get back around the corner!

Get back!

I told you, move it! Move it!

Get those people back!

Get them the hell out of here!

All right, guys, as soon as we pull up,

I want everybody out.

The second floor window. Now.

- Let them in there!

- Let's go! Go now!

Sarge, what do you got?

I got a perp in the bank.

Possible hostage situation.

Who's on today? Who's your boss?

- Sergeant Hernandez. I'll get him over here.

- Get him down here.

- Sergeant Hernandez, you on the air?

- On the air. Go.

Sarge, I got Sergeant Collins over here.

He called this in.

Can you come over to the other side?

Redirect, on my way. Let's go.

Back up! Go around,

around the corner.

Pull back. Pull it back.

We got to keep this secure.

- Collins? What you got?

- Hernandez.

I got a perp inside with a gun.

He claims he's got some hostages in there.

Everyone, heads up! Let's clear the way!

Let's go. Set them up. All right.

We've got it under control.

Step back, please!

- Step back!

- Get back! Thank you.

There's nothing going on.

You'll see it on the news tonight.

Step back, please.

Mr Case?

Oh, good morning, Katherine.

What can I do for you?

Sir, there's a robbery in progress

at one of our branches.

Oh, my.

- Has anybody been hurt?

- I don't think so, but there are hostages.

Oh, how awful.

- Which branch is it?

- Number 32. 20 Exchange Place.

- Which one?

-20 Exchange Place.

Thank you, Katherine.

I'm sorry, Mr Case.

Oh, dear God.

Get these people out of here.

Come on, open these gates. Back up.

Up on the sidewalk. Come on in.

Sergeant Collins, first on scene.

Are you the hostage negotiator?

That's right. Detective Frazier.

This is Detective Mitchell. What do you got?

Not much.

Saw the bank was filled with smoke.

The door was locked.

I tried to take a look inside

and one of the gunmen opens the door,

sticks a. 357 in my face,

screaming in some foreign accent

about killing hostages.

- See any other gunmen?

- No, sir. I couldn't see anything at all.

- You hear anything inside?

- No, sir,

but with that. 357 sticking in my face,

I can't really be sure. I'm sorry.

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Russell Gewirtz

Russell Gewirtz (born 1967 in Great Neck, New York) is an American screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplay for Spike Lee's Inside Man. more…

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