Inside Man (15th Anniversary) | Denzel Washington Takes Charge of Hostage Negotiation

Before you get to that chair, they'll take care of you over there. That's their specialty. So what? They're flowers. They could have been Sweet Grandmother. They could have been for me. It's my birthday. Okay. So maybe it's a client. Okay. This is funny. I got this guy in front of me for Thanksgiving. I see him looking at me. Fantastic. God damn it. Excuse me. Yeah. Can you lower your voice just a little bit, please? I'm getting a little... Loud on your phone? Please. Yeah. Fine. I don't want you disturbing that. Sorry. All right? Yeah, you got it. Thank you. Manhattan tribe. When this rich prick I work for... Excuse me, sir. Easy. Everybody get down on the floor now! Still standing, get shot! What is this? Todd, what are we going to do? What the... Get down! All right! Get your face on the floor! You get the same treatment as everyone else, rabbi. Get down. Now, my friends and I are making a very large withdrawal from this bank. Anybody gets in our way, gets a bullet in the brain. Like that, old man! Put your hands down! Get your face on the floor. All right, I'm down! I'm down! Possible 1030, Manhattan Trust. 24-7. I have got hostages. You... Cops come near this door, I start killing people. I'm not... Kidding, man. Central, give me a name. Back up, sir! Back up! You! Back... Back up! Stay around the corner. Central, give me an 85. Purple, the gun. Possible hostages. I repeat, possible hostages. 20 Exchange, Manhattan Trust. Baby, I'm fighting for my life over here. Keith. Every time we have a problem, it's the same thing. Not now. Do you know what kind of thin ice I'm on right now with this check-cashing thing? They want to lock me up. If this 140 grand doesn't show up somewhere soon, things can get rough for me. But you didn't take it. Of course I didn't take it. Maybe it's just some lying drug dealer trying to save his own ass by ******* me over. Eventually, it'll go away. Then what? What about us? Then, you know, make first grade, and we'll have enough money to buy a bigger place, and then, you know, why do we got to have this conversation every time your brother gets locked up or gets caught stealing a car? He's the only family I've got. All right. I'm sorry, baby. You okay? You still love me? I'm sorry, too. You still love me? I love you, baby. All right. Big Willie and the twins for you when I get home. Mm, I got the handcuffs. I got the gun. Bye, Big Daddy. Big Willie and the twins, huh? That's correct. Hello, life brother. He's got three priors, one for armed robbery, 17-year-old, high school dropout, doesn't have an honest bone in his body, and he's too ******* stupid to amount to anything, even as a criminal. Can't you get rid of him? I could, couldn't I? Nah, she loves him. What am I gonna do? Put him out in the street? How does he feel about you? Oh, he's thrilled. To have a detective sleeping in the next room banging his sister, then she tries to bring it all back on me. You know, if we had a bigger place, we wouldn't have this problem. Of course, if we got... then things would be different. And what's wrong with that? Wedding, furniture, kids. You know what a diamond ring costs? Come on, man. You've been married? Please, I was 21. Yeah, but you give her a ring? Yeah, but she won't call me back. You guys cops. Oh, you made us. Christmas came early for you this year. Bank robbery, hostage situation, 20 exchange place. What? Grossman's on vacation. You're up. What about the, uh, the Madrigada thing, the check-cashing thing? I thought I was in a doghouse. I just threw you a bone. As far as I'm concerned, you still work here, but if you don't think you're ready... No, no, no, he's ready. Oh, good. Good. I'm giving you a break here. Don't make me look like a fool. This is it, baby, the show. You got the call, man. Goddamn! I guess I should be happy. I might get to put off I.A.B. Here's all you need to know. You walk in unarmed, head bag guy puts a gun through your head and makes you get on your knees. You look around, there are five-armed men pointing Uzis at you. Just picture them in their underwear. How about orange jumpsuits and shackles? There you go, Keith. You can do this, man. Look how bad guys. Here I come. Sarge, what do you got? I got a perp in the bank, possible hostage situation. Who's on today? Who's your boss? Sergeant Hernandez. Get him down here. Sergeant Hernandez, you on the air? On the air. Go. Sarge, I got Sergeant Collins over here. He called us in. Can you come over to the other side? Redirect on my way. Go. Pull back. Pull back. We got to keep this secure. what you got? Hernandez, I got a perp inside with a gun. He claims he's got some hostages in there. Everyone, hands up. Let's clear the way. Mr. Case. Good morning, Catherine. What can I do for you? Sir, there's a robbery in progress at one of our branches. Oh, my. Has anybody been hurt? I don't think so, but there are hostages. Oh, awful. Which branch is it? Number 32, 20 Exchange Place. Which one? 20 Exchange Place. Thank you, Catherine. I'm sorry, Mr. Case. Oh, dear God. Get these negotiators. Detective Frazier, this is Detective Mitchell. What do you got? Not much. Saw the bank was filled with smoke. The door was locked. I tried to take a look inside, and one of the gunmen opens the door, sticks a .357 in my face, screaming in some foreign accent about killing hostages. See any other gunmen? No, sir. I couldn't see anything at all. You hear anything inside? No, sir, but with that .357 sticking in my face, I can't really be sure. I'm sorry. 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, I'm gonna 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. How's school?