Inside Man

Inside Man (2006)

Dispatched to a crime scene where a bank robbery is in progress, police detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) hopes to apprehend the cunning thief (Clive Owen) so he can make his case for a promotion. But when a savvy negotiator (Jodie Foster) with questionable motives arrives on the scene, an already unstable situation threatens to implode. Spike Lee directs this tense action-drama co-starring Willem Dafoe and Christopher Plummer.

My Two Cents: H'wood should make more movies like this -- smart and captivating w/o coming off as pretentious, light but not superficial; Denzel's best performance I've seen in quite a while.

NetFlix Rank: Really Liked It
IMDB Rank: 7/10