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Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
1997 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 117 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 17 frames
Tagline
LIFE IS A NEGOTIATION.
Plot
SFPD Inspector Scott Roper is the best hostage negotiator in his department. He is called in to deal with a bank robber, Earl, demanding a getaway vehicle and police escort. He manages to defuse the situation, shooting Earl non-fatally in the shoulder and rescuing the hostages.
That night, Scott accompanies his friend and former partner, Lt. Sam Baffert, to the apartment of Michael Korda, a jewel thief involved in Baffert's investigation. After Sam questions Korda about his involvement, Korda stabs him to death and leaves his corpse inside an elevator for Scott to find. Despite demanding to go after Korda, Captain Frank Solis refuses to let him take the case due to the probable conflict of interest. Scott resolves to bring Korda to justice, but in the meantime he must adjust to his new partner, SWAT sharpshooter Kevin McCall.
Scott and Kevin are called to a hostage situation at a downtown jewelry store, with Korda as the hostage taker. When Scott and Korda see each other, the latter grabs a hostage and makes a getaway in a truck. Scott and Kevin use Solis' car to pursue him. Korda wrecks the truck, and boards a cable car, shooting the operator in the process. Scott and Kevin manage to stop the cable car and chase Korda into a parking garage, where they apprehend him.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Randy Feldman
- Cinematography: Fred Murphy
- Edited by: Peter E. Berger
- Music: Steve Porcaro
- Production design: William A. Elliott
- Produced by: Roger Birnbaum
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Inspector Scott Roper
- Kim Miyori as Detective Kimura
- Art Evans as Lt. Sam Baffett
- James Carpenter as Officer Forbes
- Michael Rapaport as Kevin McCall
- Donal Logue as Earl
- Jeni Chua as Debbie
- Dick Bright as Bank Manager
- David Michael Silverman as SWAT Officer Jennings
- Denis Arndt as Capt. Frank Solis
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Caravan Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $31,987,563
- Themes: sniper, police, san francisco, california, liberation of hostage, hostage-taking, persuasion, revenge, gunfight, urban setting, racial slur
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