The Negotiator (1998)
Country: US/GER
Technical: Technicolor 139m
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, J. T. Walsh
Synopsis:
A policeman is convinced he has been double-crossed by his superiors and takes some of his co-workers hostage to prove his point; a hostage negotiator is brought in to resolve the situation for the authorities but inconveniently sides with the supposed malefactor.
Review:
A two-hander which offers up some opportunities for the stars to do their thing but cannot escape the limitations of its own genre conventions.
Country: US/GER
Technical: Technicolor 139m
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, J. T. Walsh
Synopsis:
A policeman is convinced he has been double-crossed by his superiors and takes some of his co-workers hostage to prove his point; a hostage negotiator is brought in to resolve the situation for the authorities but inconveniently sides with the supposed malefactor.
Review:
A two-hander which offers up some opportunities for the stars to do their thing but cannot escape the limitations of its own genre conventions.
Country: US/GER
Technical: Technicolor 139m
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, J. T. Walsh
Synopsis:
A policeman is convinced he has been double-crossed by his superiors and takes some of his co-workers hostage to prove his point; a hostage negotiator is brought in to resolve the situation for the authorities but inconveniently sides with the supposed malefactor.
Review:
A two-hander which offers up some opportunities for the stars to do their thing but cannot escape the limitations of its own genre conventions.