He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
Directed byF. Gary Gray
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- July 29, 1998
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Revenue
- $44,547,681
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Samuel L. Jackson
Lt. Danny Roman
Kevin Spacey
Lt. Chris Sabian
David Morse
Cdr. Adam Beck
Ron Rifkin
Cdr. Grant Frost
John Spencer
Chief Al Travis
J.T. Walsh
Insp. Terence Niebaum
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Maggie
Paul Giamatti
Rudy
Regina Taylor
Karen Roman
Bruce Beatty
Markus
- Directed by
- F. Gary Gray
- Written by
- James DeMonaco
Kevin Fox - Produced by
- Arnon Milchan
David Hoberman
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