The Siege
by Edward Zwick
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Actor: Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, Sami Bouajila, Tony ShalhoubDirector: Edward Zwick
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-04-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: The Siege's warning
Summary: 4 Stars
It's too bad that this profound, thought-provoking film was released at the wrong time since it fell under the radar due to protests from various Arab & Islamic organizations condemning it for being racist. Since 9/11, all of the points made in the film have come to be painfully true and perhaps Fox should do well to re-release this film to the general public. Washington, Bening, Bruce Willis and Tony Shaloub (for once perfectly cast as an Arab-American FBI agent) are all excellent though Willis jabs at then-President Clinton now seem dated but keep in mind Bruce is a die-hard (no pun intended) Republican!! Superb direction from Ed Zwick keeps us on edge and of course, the ending is a real kicker. I am looking forward to seeing another Washington-Zwick colloboration, this was their last one to date, because all of their films have been top-flight.
Summary of The Siege
A high-profile action/exploitation thriller set in the present, The Siege is really a fantasy that extrapolates from major terrorist attacks. Denzel Washington is FBI special agent Hubbard, "Hub" to his friends, whose anti-terrorist task force must track down the terrorist cells responsible for a spate of bombings in New York. His partner is an FBI agent of Arabian extraction (played convincingly by Tony Shalhoub), proving not all Arabs are bad guys--a point the film should be lauded for making again and again. Thrown into the mix is a CIA spy (played almost kittenish at times by Annette Bening), whose ties to the terrorists appear to be at the center of the conflicts. When the bombings escalate out of control, the President institutes martial law, sending in General Devereaux (played with impenetrable countenance by Bruce Willis) with tanks and troops to ferret out the terrorists. Echoes of Japanese-Americans in internment camps ring out as Arabs, including the son of the Arab-American FBI agent, are herded into a stadium. Periodic audio-montages of "man in the street" sentiments anchor the material in the present and show how serious and relevant the material is. But finally what we have is a taut and entertaining popcorn movie, giving itself the humanistic nod when it can. --Jim GayAction & Adventure DVD Video
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