The Siege (1998)
Genre: Action / Thriller
Duration: 116 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Stars: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening and Bruce Willis
IMDb score:
6,4 (82.631)
Releasedate: 6 November 1998
The Siege plot
"On November 6th our freedom is history"
In The Siege, the United States is ravaged by a number of successive terrorist attacks that leave many people dead. FBI agent Hubbard (Denzel Washington) goes in search of the perpetrators when his path is crossed by CIA agent Elise Kraft (Annette Bening). She appears to have information that she is withholding from Hubbard. When hundreds of people are killed in the ongoing attacks, the army led by General Deveraux (Bruce Willis) is called in, which only makes the situation worse.
Actors and actresses
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Major-General William Devereaux
Agent Frank Haddad
Samir Nazhde
Khalil Saleh
FBI Agent Mike Johanssen
Fred Darius
Danny Sussman
FBI Agent Floyd Rose
Reviews & comments
Brabants
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- 2896 messages
- 2154 votes
The Siege is a fine thriller with a well-represented cast that does a great job. Very special that the theme quickly becomes reality after this film has been released.
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Lovelyboy
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- 3953 messages
- 2955 votes
Chunk of youth sentiment that I wanted to see again and that's how it happened. A lot came up again, was also disappointing, but it was still fun.
The dull life of the three single ladies Suky, Jane and Alex is shaken up with the arrival of the mysterious Mr Daryll van Horne who turns the lives of the three quite upside down and as the saying goes 'be carefull what you wish for'. they get much more than expected. The first phase, where Daryl takes over the ladies one by one, has both good moments and bad moments. He plays them well, but up to and including the phase when they finally fall for him and have the party with the dancing between the balloons, very little happens and there is actually not much to it, just say that it is all a bit disappointing.
But luckily there is a turning point at the hour, especially when the battle with Felicia Alden breaks out and the allegations against the three ladies are not off the air. The hocus pocus and battle that breaks out between all parties involved can then be called very entertaining up to and including the final. The scene in the church is strong anyway and the stream of cherry pits is hilarious. Pfeiffer is of course a picture, Nicholson of course strong as Daryl van Horne, but don't polish Veronica Cartwright either. And despite the disappointing first hour, the film picks up fine in the second phase and thus scores a sufficient. I think a 3.5 is too much, I would say the actual score is 3.2, so rounded down I make it a 3.
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