The Negotiator is a drama/thriller film that takes place in Chicago and was released on July 29, 1998. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. This is WB's last film produced with Regency Enterprises until The Fountain.
Lieutenant Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top police hostage negotiator. When he cannot talk a hostage-taker into surrendering, he offers himself as an additional hostage and lures the ...
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The Negotiator is a drama/thriller film that takes place in Chicago and was released on July 29, 1998. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. This is WB's last film produced with Regency Enterprises until The Fountain.
Lieutenant Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top police hostage negotiator. When he cannot talk a hostage-taker into surrendering, he offers himself as an additional hostage and lures the subject into a position where he can be taken down with the minimum of force, rather than an all-out assault.
Roman is middle-aged and recently married. While celebrating his most recent success, he is approached by his colleague Nathan 'Nate' Roenick (Paul Guilfoyle) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the Chicago Police Department's disability fund of which Roman is on the board. Roenick has an informant with whom he was at the Police Academy and served with for a while, but refuses to name him.
Later that evening...
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