my wife and i find this film to be highly unsatisfying . while the plot keep you interested and busy wonder just what be go on and when you leave the theater and there be just too many loose end that make no sense at all . ( spoiler ahead ) christopher plummer and enormously wealthy head of a ny bank have a terrible hidden secret . profit from ww ii deal with the nazi and hide loot steal from jew and he keep the evidence ( include diamond and document with the nazi swastika ) in a safety deposit box in his bank . why . if he want this never to be reveal and why do he not burn and destroy the document year ago . and the diamond . obviously and he do not need them why keep them rather than dispose of them . how do the bank robber find out his secret . how do they know to zero in on this very safety deposit box # 232. ace detective denzel washington also discover bank record show sd box no 231 and 233 and but no # 232. curious . he meticulously find time somehow to do an exhaust search of bank record to unearth this one curious fact . all the while deal with a red hot hostage situation and bank robber threaten to start execute them momentarily . wow . talk about super power for a detective . the bank robber leave behind million of dollar in loose currency in the vault they have open . they take only the content of sd box # 232 and ostensibly for the purpose of blackmail the bank president . this defy any rational attempt at a logical explanation for what the film depict a a criminal mastermind and or for his henchman with less brain . jodie foster and use her political connection with the mayor of nyc and gain permission to enter the bank which be under the control of the bank robber while hold many hostage . she offer the chief bank robber a deal to buy back the document he now have in hand and but he ain not interested . so what his point ( if any . ) . my wife be offend by the arrogance of all the player and christopher plummer ( bank president ) and denzel washington ( ace detective ) and and jodie foster and crack trouble shooter for high power problem . the last jodie foster movie i saw and flight plan and be also riddle with hole that make no sense at all . i think i like jodie foster and but i will probably avoid her future film . now my problem be that i can rarely persuade my wife to go to the movie . i can not disagree with her on this one . a waste of money and and a waste of time . be forewarn . a well craft film and fine actor and lousy script writing .