Inside Man Page #3

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
5,687 Views


Okay.

Good, good. Good, good, good, good.

You did a good job, Sergeant.

You ever had a gun

stuck in your face before?

- Yeah, once.

- Really?

Yeah, by a 12-year-old.

- What was that like?

- Not one of my better days.

I bet. All right, well, look.

As soon as we get this thing cleared up,

we'll cut you loose, all right?

If you don't mind,

I'd rather hang around a while,

at least until we make contact.

That's what I like to hear, Sergeant.

What? Come on. Why you doing this?

Why you doing this to me?

Pop, what's going on? Yo.

All bank employees,

raise your hands!

Bank employees, this side!

Everyone else, over there!

Now, I need everybody

to take your cell phones and your keys

out of your pockets and handbags

and hold them in the air.

- What's your name?

- Peter.

- Peter what?

- Peter Hammond.

- Where's your cell phone, Peter Hammond?

- I left it at home.

Peter, think very carefully

about how you answer the next question

because if you get it wrong,

your headstone will read,

"Here lies Peter Hammond, hero,

"who valiantly attempted

to prevent a brilliant bank robbery

"by trying to hide his cellular phone,

"but wound up getting shot

in the f***ing head. "

Now, Peter Hammond,

where is your cell phone?

I'm telling you, I did. I left it at home.

Okay, I f***ed up. I'm sorry. Please.

Hey. Don't worry about it.

Just let me talk to you!

Please, please, listen to me.

Let me explain.

Help! Help me.

Stop!

Stop!

Anyone else here smarter than me?

- And you are?

- Vikram Walia.

Vikram Walia. Thanks, Vikram.

Hey, mister.

Keep it.

Men here. Women here.

Move!

I need all of you

to strip down to your underwear.

Now.

Lady?

Believe me. This is the only situation

where I'd ask you to do this.

- But take off your f***ing clothes.

- No.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

What's with you mishegoyim?

Go ahead. Make my day.

- Take your f***ing clothes off, lady.

- No!

Stevie?

Let's go!

Now, I need all of you

to put on one of these suits

and these masks.

I'm Shon Gables, with CBS 2 News,

outside Manhattan Trust Bank,

where we have just been told

by investigators,

the bank has been robbed.

The suspect or possible suspects are inside,

holed up with an unknown number

of hostages.

- Captain Darius?

- Yeah.

I'm Detective Frazier.

This is Detective Mitchell.

Hey.

You may remember,

we worked that hospital thing on 93rd,

during my training?

Oh, yeah. That was a real shame.

Yeah, it was. It was.

So, what do we got?

I got an unknown number of suspects

and an unknown number of hostages,

and a bank, and about a million spectators,

and I can't see sh*t inside there,

- so I'm kind of busy.

- I understand.

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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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