Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- chicago
- illinois
- corruption
- police
- hostage
- innocence
- pension
- hostage-taking
- murder
- conspiracy
- bullet wound
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Michael Cudlitz — Palermo
- Carlos Gómez — Eagle
- Tim Kelleher — Argento
- Dean Norris — Scott
- Nestor Serrano — Hellman
- Directed
- F. Gary Gray
- Written
- James DeMonaco, Kevin Fox
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 2,473 ratings
- Studio
- Regency Enterprises, Mandeville Films, Taurus Film
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
