The Negotiator

1998 140 min Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

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IMDb 7.3 Metacritic 62

budget $50,000,000 earnings $44,547,681 return 0.9x

director F. Gary Gray

writers James DeMonaco, Kevin Fox

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