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Metro
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Metro is a 1997 American film directed by Thomas Carter and produced by Roger Birnbaum. The movie features Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Michael Rapaport, and Carmen Ejogo in the cast. It was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Caravan Pictures, with distribution handled by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Netflix. The narrative is set in San Francisco, California, and focuses on the subject of revenge.
The film is categorized as a heist, buddy cop, action, and drama film, with elements of comedy and crime. Its runtime is 117 minutes. The production budget was 55,000,000, resulting in a revenue of 31,987,563. Steve Porcaro composed the score, Fred Murphy served as director of photography, and Peter E. Berger edited the film. The original language is English.
Critical reception included a review score of 4.1 out of 10, 41 out of 100, and 17 percent. On other platforms, it holds a rating of 5.6 and a vote average of 5.71. The tagline for the film is "LIFE IS A NEGOTIATION." Keywords associated with the movie include sniper, police, hostage-taking, and the liberation of a hostage.
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Film · TMDB
5.7Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Inspector Scott Roper
- Kim Miyori as Detective Kimura
- Art Evans as Lt. Sam Baffett
- James Carpenter as Officer Forbes
- Michael Rapaport as Kevin McCall
- Donal Logue as Earl
Themes
- sniper
- police
- san francisco, california
- liberation of hostage
- hostage-taking
- persuasion
- revenge
- gunfight
- urban setting
- racial slur
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Thomas Carter
- Cast member
- Ralph Peduto
- Composer
- Steve Porcaro
- Producer
- Roger Birnbaum
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Fred Murphy
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172503
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-01-01
- film editor
- Peter E. Berger
- title
- Metro
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 17%
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