Critic Reviews
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A polemic in search of a plot.
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
Manipulative sentimentality, contrived plot and phony climax.
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Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
A sappy, melodramatic Denzel Washington vehicle that ensnares you in the standard hostage-movie scenario and doesn't let go until the director runs the whole playbook.
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Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
It pulls out more stops than that old silent serial The Perils of Pauline. Unfortunately, it's a talkie.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Cassavetes thinks he's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause, but all he's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon.
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Cast
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Denzel Washingtonas John Q. Archibald -
Robert Duvallas Frank Grimes -
James Woodsas Dr. Raymond Turner
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Kimberly Eliseas Denise Archibald -
Daniel E. Smithas Mike Archibald -
Anne Hecheas Rebecca Payne




