The Siege is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.
The film opens with the bombing of a United States Army barracks in Saudi Arabia leading to both civilian and military American casualties. The U.S. blames a group led by Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal w...
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The Siege is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.
The film opens with the bombing of a United States Army barracks in Saudi Arabia leading to both civilian and military American casualties. The U.S. blames a group led by Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal who is subsequently kidnapped and held under the watch of Major General William Devereaux.
FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard (Washington) and his Lebanese-American partner Frank Haddad (Shalhoub) are told of a hijacked bus, fully loaded with passengers and containing an apparent explosive device. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists manage to escape. The FBI receives warnings to release Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal.
Hubbard eventually comes into conflict with CIA officer Elise Kraft (Bening). Hubbard takes a terrorist suspect into...
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