He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.
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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Samuel L. Jackson
Lt. Danny Roman
Kevin Spacey
Lt. Chris Sabian
David Morse
Cdr. Adam Beck
Ron Rifkin
Cdr. Grant Frost
John Spencer
Chief Al Travis
J.T. Walsh
Insp. Terence Niebaum
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Maggie
Paul Giamatti
Rudy
Regina Taylor
Karen Roman
Bruce Beatty
Markus
Michael Cudlitz
Palermo
Carlos Gómez
Eagle
Tim Kelleher
Argento
Dean Norris
Scott
Nestor Serrano
Hellman
F. Gary Gray
Director
James DeMonaco
Screenplay
Kevin Fox
Screenplay
David Nicksay
Executive Producer
Webster Stone
Executive Producer
Robert Stone
Executive Producer
Arnon Milchan
Producer
David Hoberman
Producer
Russell Carpenter
Director of Photography
Graeme Revell
Original Music Composer
Christian Wagner
Editor
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Design
Holger Gross
Production Design
