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.
Denzel Washington
as Keith Frazier
Clive Owen
as Dalton Russell
Jodie Foster
as Madeleine White
Christopher Plummer
as Arthur Case
Willem Dafoe
as John Darius
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Bill Mitchell
Carlos Andrés Gómez
as Steve
Kim Director
as Stevie
James Ransone
as Steve-O
Bernie Rachelle
as Chaim
Peter Gerety
as Captain Coughlin
Victor Colicchio
as Sergeant Collins
