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The Siege The Siege features Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Annette Bening. Billed as a "reality" movie, The Siege presents the all-too-plausible scenario of a group of terrorists wreaking havoc in New York City while our government leaders fumble and search for ways to cope. Following the bombing...
But let's give director Edward Zwick and his fellow screenwriters, Lawrence Wright and Menno Meyjes, credit for complicating their material, and therefore our responses to it, in ways that go well beyond the demands of the genre. They give us an FBI agent in charge of the case--played...
Annette Bening, Bruce Willis
Denzel Washington is Anthony Hubbard, the ultra-intense head of the combined FBI/NYPD terrorism division in New York City. Strongly reminiscent of Courage Under Fire and Crimson Tide, Washington plays the familiar uptight keeper of morals and courage that he always does brilliantly, and he singularly maintains the drive in...
The Siegehas many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. Some are even incomprehensible, such as the character of Elise Kraft. The climax has potential, but ends up as a typical action stand-off with few deviations. Bruce Willis seems confused, as his character initially warns the government against an army invasion...