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Mad City (1997)

Drama | 115 minutes
2,76 263 votes

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Duration: 115 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Costa-Gavras

Stars: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman and Mia Kirshner

IMDb score: 6,3 (21.821)

Releasedate: 7 November 1997

Mad City plot

"One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle."

Sam Baily (Travolta), is at a loss when he is fired from a museum. He takes those present, including a group of schoolchildren and a journalist on his return, hostage. The journalist, Max Brackett (Hoffman), sees the hostage crisis as the perfect opportunity to get back on top. It becomes a media hype.

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606

  • 23876 messages
  • 12263 votes

just a nice movie 3.5 for the good acting and action

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otherfool

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Very wrong and bland, this transparent film that makes pure caricatures of the characters. The ending (we killed him!!!) is to cry so bad... The 1.5* is for a reasonable Hoffman.

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