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Summary: A 5 point bonus for this one!
Review: I really like this movie because it do not behave the way you expect. The story twists and turns and you never know what comes next. Most movies today are fairly linear and you can guess what will happen pretty soon. Now so with this. And you can see it many times over. You always pick up something new that you missed. Both Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey perform great but it's the rest of the cast the brings it up a notch in my book. Great acting. Just buy it, you won't be sorry.
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Summary: This movie is awesome- no negotiations!
Review: THE NEGOTIATOR is the story of police negotiator, Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) who is set up by a group of officers who killed his partner, Nate. With no one believing him, Danny takes hostages of his own, trying to figure who set him up and who killed his partner.MY REVIEW: "Excellent! THE NEGOTIATOR is a skill filled sharp-edged thriller! THe movie is great, and the performances are spectacular! I storngly recommend this movie!"- MJV & the Movies.
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Summary: Pass on this one..
Review: Yes, you have to "dumb" yourself down to like this one - as the director doesnt have an original idea in his head. Samuel Jackson's is miscast as he is expected to carry the movie and he has limited acting abilities - Kevin Spacey is a much better actor but seems bored. You'll find yourself chuckling over the silly dialogue but at 139 minutes you just want it to end.
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Summary: Samuel and Kevin turn a Great film into a Brilliant one.
Review: 2 of my All-Time Favourite Actors Square off in "The Negotiator", an Underrated Thriller which still manages to get to me, viewing after viewing after viewing. Samuel L Jackson plays Danny Roman, a Chicago Hostage Negotiator who is being Set Up for the Murder of his Partner; he realises the only way to prove his Innocence is to Take some Hostages of his own. He demands that they bring in fellow Negotiator Chris Sabian so he can negotiate his way out. The film is Expertly brought to the screen, for some reason all the Cop stuff looks more Realistic here than in Most Action films. The Technical Advisors deserve a Big pat on the back, as does director F Gary Grey, who resists the temptation to let the film deteriorate into another Bullet-fest. He keeps the Action more on the Intellectual side. Samuel is as Dynamite as ever. He (and the director) puts us in Roman's shoes and he reacts the way that I would (like Mel Gibson in "Ransom"). Kevin plays Second fiddle to Samuel, but theirs no shame it that, it's still a great fiddle he's playing. He, like Samuel, looks like he's been a hostage negotiator all his life, and they make it look easy. The only reason the film gets 4 instead of 5 is the ending, which comes to quickly and is a little Anti-climatic. I just didn't seem to want the film to end. The supporting cast is to Die for. David Morse, John Spencer, Ron Rifkin, Paul Guilfoyle and the Greatly Missed J T Walsh in his last Big Screen role. Unlike many actors whose last films were Flops, (Walter Matthau in "Hanging Up" and Raul Julia in "Streetfighter") Walsh's last role was a Memorable role in a Memorable film.
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Summary: Talking about suspension of disbelief....
Review: Come on now, can you do what Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) does in this movie and escape legally unscathed? And, Chris Sabian's (Kevin Spacey) actions would hardly preserve his career with the police department. This movie doesn't hold up under much critical analysis. And, the foundation for the betrayal Roman feels is laid out in the opening credits, which is miniscule character development to say the least. No, what makes this film work is Jackson vs. Spacey. Jackson's character has calculating rage go roaring out of a cannon early in the film. It plays well against Spacey's coolness, strength and resolve under tremendous pressure. The struggle between the two causes them to stumble toward the truth at a breakneck pace. We don't have time to reflect, and so the film suspends our disbelief. It is worth watching for the high-pitched performances of Jackson and Spacey. Good, but not excellent entertainment.
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Summary: What a Movie
Review: I saw it on TV and had to buy for DVD. This movie is a classic, true edge of your seat thriller with outstanding preformances from Samuel L. Jackson (Die Hard 3, Rules Of Engagement) and Kevin Spacey (Outbreak, American Beauty). The concept is amazing i aplluad wh ever came up with the idea. Script was well written and the characters are believable. It passes just over 2 hours but well worth the sit. Buy it if u don't already own it.
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Summary: Negotiator negotiates with an negotiator
Review: Intense, packed of 140 minutes of action. Witty and demand the audience as a certain intelligentsia, the Negotiator delivers a good, quality entertainment. Focal upon the corruption and misuse of welfare fund in the Chicago Police Department, the Negotiator Danny Roman (played by Samuel Jackson)found his friend dead and himself in this web of dirty little tricks. He was convicted of murdering his friend with his own gun and accused of making up a fictitious informer. Asking for justice, he become a hostage-taker of his own colleagues and several innocent citizen, he locked himself and others in the internal investigation office. He called for Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), a cool and cerebral negotiator from another precinct, to begin a negotiation process of finding the truth. The bad and corrupt guys within the Police, however, determined to thwart Danny's plan. Director F. Gary Gray successfully tells of a very realistic story with, on occasions, powerful images. You hold your breath tight, waiting for the next step both the negotiator would take. The result is a constantly engaging experience, interlocking story and a complete satisfaction.
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Summary: Negotiator negotiates with an negotiator
Review: Intense, packed of 140 minutes of action. Witty and demand the audience as a certain intelligensia, the Negotiator delivers a good, quality entertainment. Focal upon the corruption and misuse of welfare fund in the Chicago Police Department, the Negotiator Danny Roman (played by Samuel Jackson)found his friend dead and himself in this web of dirty little tricks. He was convicted of murdering his friend with his own gun and accused of making up a fictitious informer. Asking for justice, he became a hostage-taker of his own colleagues and several innocent citizens, he locked himself and others in the internal investigation office. He called for Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), a cool and cerebral negotiator from another precinct, to begin a negotiation process of finding the truth. The bad and corrupt guys within the Police, however, determined to thawrt Danny's plan. Director F. Gary Gray successfully tells of a very realistic story with, on occassions, powerful images. You hold your breath tight, waiting for the next step both negotiators might take. The result is a constantly engaging experience, interlocking story and a complete satisfaction.
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Summary: "The Negotiator" boring and plotless
Review: The first reason I didn't like this was because there were about a dozen four-letter words per sentence. I am a teenager in high school, not an overprotective parent, and the profanity was so frequent that it lowered the entertainment level dramatically. It got to the point of extreme annoyance. Samuel L. Jackson was miscast. He isn't a bad guy with his reputation. Nothing ever seemed to develop. All it showed was the criminal in a building with hostages chit-chatting with the police, while the lives of the people involved in this took a dramatic turn. THAT IS JUST AMAZING. The folks who wrote the script sure have an imaginative mind to think this up(sarcasm). There have been billions, it seems, of movies about the same topic. This is just one of the many. Not to mention, it is way too long and drawn out. Terrible.
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Summary: Absolutely incredible!
Review: Grab your popcorn and coke and make sure all bathroom trips have been taken, then pop this movie in and prepare to stay on the edge of your seat for a while. Once this movie gets going (about 20 minutes into it), it never lets you go...and clocking in at over 2 hours and 20 minutes, that's saying a lot! Kevin Spacey does an incredible job as negotiator Chris Sabian, and it would definitely be great to see him in a sequel!! Jackson does a great job as the innocent man wrongly accused, and as the tension mounts there comes a point in the movie where you just realize it's time to give up all hope for him. Although you'll probably make out the real bad guy early on in the movie, you'll also make some major false assumptions too. Nothing is as it seems in this movie, and it's not over until the credits roll so don't start relaxing too soon!
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