When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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Denzel Washington | Detective Keith Frazier |
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Clive Owen | Dalton Russell |
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Jodie Foster | Madeleine White |
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Christopher Plummer | Arthur Case |
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Willem Dafoe | Captain John Darius |
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Chiwetel Ejiofor | Detective Bill Mitchell |
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Carlos Andrés Gómez | Steve |
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Kim Director | Stevie |
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James Ransone | Steve-O |
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Bernie Rachelle | Chaim |
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Peter Gerety | Captain Coughlin |
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Victor Colicchio | Sergeant Collins |
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Cassandra Freeman | Sylvia |
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Peter Frechette | Peter Hammond |
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Gerry Vichi | Herman Gluck |
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Waris Ahluwalia | Vikram Walia |
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Rafael Osorio | Bank Guard |
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Rodney 'Bear' Jackson | Bank Guard |
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Daryl Mitchell | Mobile Command Officer Rourke |
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Ashlie Atkinson | Mobile Command Officer Berk |
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David Brown | Mobile Command Officer Carnow |
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Robert C. Kirk | Mobile Command Officer Borinsky |
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Frank Stellato | Mobile Command Detective |
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Ken Leung | Wing |
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Marcia Jean Kurtz | Miriam Douglas |
Director | Spike Lee |
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Writer | Russell Gewirtz | |
Producer | Jonathan Filley, Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood, Jon Kilik, Daniel M. Rosenberg, Kim Roth, Christian Stibbe | |
Musician | Terence Blanchard | |
Photography | Matthew Libatique |