"An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control."

1998

1h 56m

6.3(1418 votes)

Drama

Action

Thriller

Crime

Overview

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

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82 members

Acting

Denzel Washington

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

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Annette Bening

Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger

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Bruce Willis

Major-General William Devereaux

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Tony Shalhoub

Agent Frank Haddad

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Sami Bouajila

Samir Nazhde

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Aasif Mandvi

Khalil Saleh

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Mark Valley

FBI Agent Mike Johanssen

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Jack Gwaltney

Fred Darius

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David Proval

Danny Sussman

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Lance Reddick

FBI Agent Floyd Rose

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Wood Harris

Officer Henderson

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David Costabile

Fingerprint Expert

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Said Faraj

Sleeper terrorist

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Christian Chase

Prisoner

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Chip Zien

Chief of Staff

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Ahmed Ben Larby

Sheik Achmed Bin Talal

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Lianna Pai

Tina Osu

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Jacqueline Antaramian

Najiba Haddad

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Donna Hanover

District Attorney

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Dakin Matthews

Senator Wright

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John Rothman

Congressman Marshall

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John Henry Cox

Speaker of the House

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E. Katherine Kerr

Attorney General

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Jimmie Ray Weeks

Army General

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Will Lyman

FBI Director

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Victor Slezak

Colonel Hardwick

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Chris Messina

Corporal

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Susie Essman

Protest Speaker

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Arianna Huffington

Capitol Week Pundit

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Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Diana Naftal

Injured Woman

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Ben Shenkman

Kaplan, INS

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Dakin Matthews

Congressman Marshall

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Ray Godshall Sr.

CIA Director

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Gilbert Rosales

Mechanic

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Amro Salama

Tariq Husseini

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Jim Shankman

ACLU Lawyer

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Matt Servitto

Journalist #1

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Jourdan Fremin

Journalist #2

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Anjua Warfield-Maximo

March Organizer

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Jeff Beatty

Undercover FBI Agent

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Rory J. Aylward

Lieutenant

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Robert Scheer

Capitol Week Pundit

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Matt Miller

Capitol Week Pundit

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Ali Afshar

Ali

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John Beard

Newscaster

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Stan Brooks

Newscaster

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Alex Chadwick

Newscaster

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Epi Colon

Newscaster

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Judy de Angelis

Newscaster

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Luis Jimenez

Newscaster

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Sean Hannity

Newscaster

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Ron Kuby

Newscaster

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Daniel Schorr

Newscaster

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Curtis Sliwa

Newscaster

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Susan Stamberg

Newscaster

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Mary Alice Williams

Newscaster

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Mike Akrawi

Terrorist (uncredited)

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Michael Arthur

Army Major (uncredited)

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Lisa Masters

Reporter #2 (uncredited)

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Robin Anne Phipps

Crying Girl on Monitor (uncredited)

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Valeria Von Leczycki Goncharova Barrett

Screaming Woman in Silver Gown (uncredited)

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William Hill

INS Uniform

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Craig 'Radio Man' Castaldo

Unknown Role

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Neal Jones

NYPD Representative

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Mosleh Mohamed

Muezzin

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Lighting

Jeremy Knaster

INS Official

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Frank DiElsi

Officer Williams

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Ellen Bethea

Anita

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Glenn Kessler

Fiber Expert

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Jeffrey Allan Waid

Video Agent

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Tom McDermott

Phone Bank Agent

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Sherry Ham-Bernard

Hubbard's Secretary

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Joseph Hodge

Landlord

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Joey Naber

Rashad

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Helmi Kassim

Frank Haddad Jr.

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Ghoulam R. Rasoully

Frank Jr.'s Teacher

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Joseph Badalucco Jr.

EMT

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Barton Tinapp

Mayoral A.A.

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Production

Peter Schindler

Johnson, FAA

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Hany Kamal

Arab Spokesman

Production

Graham Larson

FBI Agent

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