After Chicago police hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) succeeds in rescuing a little girl menaced by her gun-wielding dad, he's praised by both the police department and the media, and he returns to his usual cop routines with his longtime partner, promising his new wife Karen (Regina Taylor) he'll make it home for dinner every night. Then his partner, who had evidence of embezzlement within the police department, is killed. Since Danny arrives at the crime scene only seconds later, he's the main suspect, and Chief Al Travis (John Spencer) asks him to turn in his gun and badge.
Danny invades the Chicago Internal Affairs Division headquarters and tries to get the truth from Inspector Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh) while holding two assistants and Commander Frost (Ron Rifkin) as hostages. He then calls for an outsider from another precinct, hostage negotiator Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). When Sabian arrives, the two compete for control, while Danny attempts to prove to him that he's been falsely accused.
Danny invades the Chicago Internal Affairs Division headquarters and tries to get the truth from Inspector Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh) while holding two assistants and Commander Frost (Ron Rifkin) as hostages. He then calls for an outsider from another precinct, hostage negotiator Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). When Sabian arrives, the two compete for control, while Danny attempts to prove to him that he's been falsely accused.
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Cast * Samuel L. Jackson - Danny Roman * Kevin Spacey - Chris Sabian * David Morse - Commander Adam Beck * Ron Rifkin - Commander Frost * John Spencer - Chief Al Travis * J.T. Walsh - Terence Niebaum * Regina Taylor - Karen Roman * Siobhan Fallon - Maggie * Paul Giamatti - Rudy * Kelsey Mulrooney - Stacy Sabian |
Crew * F. Gary Gray - Director * Arnon Milchan - Producer * David Hoberman - Producer * David Nicksay - Executive Producer * Robert Stone - Executive Producer * Webster Stone - Executive Producer * A. Todd Holland - Set Designer * Albert Beveridge - Co-producer * Barbara Ann Spencer - Set Designer * Barry Thomas - First Assistant Director * Christian Wagner - Editor * Daniel Sudick - Special Effects Supervisor * David R. Ellis - Second Unit Director * David Rubin - Casting * Francine Jamison-Tanchuck - Costume Designer * Gary Capo - Second Unit Director Of Photography * Gina Marie Ome - Costume/Wardrobe * Graeme Revell - Composer (Music Score) * Holger Gross - Production Designer * James DeMonaco - Screenwriter * Joel Kramer - Stunts Coordinator, Second Unit Director * Kevin Fox - Screenwriter * Kevin Ishioka - Art Director * Lois G. Hoyos - Set Designer * Philip Pfeiffer - Second Unit Director * Richard C. Goddard - Set Designer * Richard Reynolds - Set Designer * Russell Carpenter - Cinematographer * Russell Williams II - Sound/Sound Designer |
