Madeleine White (Jodie Foster), a high-powered fixer hired by the bank’s founder, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), to protect a dark secret hidden in a private safe deposit box. Themes and Direction

The film opens with Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) breaking the fourth wall to inform the audience that he has planned the perfect robbery. Unlike standard action-heavy capers, Inside Man focuses on a psychological game of chess between Russell and Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington), a hostage negotiator whose own career is shadowed by corruption allegations.

A high-stakes Manhattan Trust bank on Wall Street.