The Negotiator
by F. Gary Gray
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Actor: David Morse, John Spencer, Kevin Spacey, Ron Rifkin, Samuel L. JacksonDirector: F. Gary Gray
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Albert Beveridge
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: David Hoberman
Producer: David Nicksay
Producer: Robert Stone
Writer: James DeMonaco
Writer: Kevin Fox
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 139 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-12-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Negotiator
Movie Review: No let up in this action-thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever start to watch a movie and don't get up until it's done? That's essentially what happens when you watch "The Negotiator."
You start with Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) in a hostage situation. A convenience store robber's taken a young woman and he's face to face with the taker...
Next, Roman's partner tells him that he's onto a scam in the department. Some of their closest buddies are ripping off the Police Disability Fund. He'll tell him more later. When Roman meets his partner, he finds him dead.
And, of course, the police swoop in to arrest him for the murder. He escapes and takes hostages of his own because he knows he's not going to get a fair shake when his fellow cops set him up.
When it comes to negotiation, Roman insists on Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey) from another precinct. Spacey arrives, having unsuccessfully negotiated a fight between his wife and daughter and his back is immediately against the wall. Roman's precinct commander wants to shoot and take statements later...Something's suspicious and the more he learns, the more he's siding with Roman, but can he help before the crooked cops get rid of all the evidence?
Literally had me glued to my seat throughout the whole film. Well done and one of Jackson and Spacey's best. I also enjoyed Siobhan Fallon as Maggie, one of the hostages Roman took.
Rebecca Kyle, April 2009
Summary of The Negotiator
This film centers on a former FBI hostage negotiator who, after being framed for murder, tries to clear his name by taking several people hostage in order to uncover the guilty party.Although it eventually runs out of smart ideas and resorts to a typically explosive finale, this above-average thriller rises above its formulaic limitations on the strength of powerful performances by Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Both play Chicago police negotiators with hotshot reputations, but when Jackson's character finds himself falsely accused of embezzling funds from a police pension fund, he's so thoroughly framed that he must take extreme measures to prove his innocence. He takes hostages in police headquarters to buy time and plan his strategy, demanding that Spacey be brought in to mediate with him as an army of cops threatens to attack, and a media circus ensues. Both negotiators know how to get into the other man's thoughts, and this intellectual showdown allows both Spacey and Jackson to ignite the screen with a burst of volatile intensity. Director F. Gary Gray is disadvantaged by an otherwise predictable screenplay, but he has a knack for building suspense and is generous to a fine supporting cast, including Paul Giamatti as one of Jackson's high-strung hostages, and the late J.T. Walsh in what would sadly be his final big-screen role. The movie should have trusted its compelling characters a little more, probing their psyches more intensely to give the suspense a deeper dramatic foundation, but it's good enough to give two great actors a chance to strut their stuff. --Jeff Shannon
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