Every second counts.
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Bruce WillisJeff Talley
- Ben FosterMars Krupcheck
- Jonathan TuckerDennis Kelly
- Jimmy BennettTommy Smith
- Michelle HornJennifer Smith
- Marshall AllmanKevin Kelly
- Kevin PollakWalter Smith
- Rumer WillisAmanda Talley
- Robert KnepperWil Bechler
- Kim CoatesThe Watchman
Crew
- Florent-Emilio SiriDirector
- Doug RichardsonScreenplay
- Robert CraisNovel
- Giovanni Fiore ColtellacciDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Olivier GajanEditor
- Richard ByardEditor
- Mark GordonProducer
- Arnold RifkinProducer
- Bob YariProducer
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