The Siege is a 1998 Action-thriller-drama film about a fictional situation where terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.
The film opens with original news footage from the Khobar Towers bombing. The Khobar Towers were being used to house American military personnel during Operation Southern Watch. The blame is placed o...
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The Siege is a 1998 Action-thriller-drama film about a fictional situation where terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis.
The film opens with original news footage from the Khobar Towers bombing. The Khobar Towers were being used to house American military personnel during Operation Southern Watch. The blame is placed on the group led by Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal and he is apprehended and taken into custody by several U.S. covert operations personnel during a surgical extraction raid.
FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard (Denzel Washington) and his Arab partner Frank Haddad (Tony Shalhoub), arrive at the scene of a terrorist crisis in New York City, where hostages are being held aboard a bus containing a bomb. The bomb turns out to be merely a huge paint-bomb, and unbeknown to the FBI and police the terrorists fled before anyone had arrived at the scene. The FBI...
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