The Negotiator Appreciation Thread
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I texted a friend of mine from childhood, I haven't seen in like 15 years, we saw this together when we were probably 12, in 1998, and I had to tell him.
It's a little startling to see the contrast in 90's movies, and now, and the contrast between the movie I saw in 1998, and watching it 20 plus years later. It's sharply made, but so cliched and ham fisted at times, at the time, I would have thought it was an accurate reflection of a SWAT negotiator. The rebel but good cop, the intro with a hostage scene, the eruption into violence, the obvious red herrings and villain. The buddy cop bond.
The idea that one could take a roomful of hostages at gunpoint, terrorize a building, shoot at police officers, and be absolved, simply because he was right about being framed for a murder, takes a perhaps insurmountable suspension of belief.
This was, I think especially seen in the 80's and 90's, the destruction caused by the hero being eradicated by the fact he was in fact wronged. When we talk about movies and white male heroes (and cops) though obviously Jackson is black, being vehicles, and reflections of entitlement, and maybe even abuse, the cop is never wrong, if he was first right.
Such a piece of 90's entertainment, and watching it again as an adult was almost as fun, as the memories of watching it as a kid.
It's a little startling to see the contrast in 90's movies, and now, and the contrast between the movie I saw in 1998, and watching it 20 plus years later. It's sharply made, but so cliched and ham fisted at times, at the time, I would have thought it was an accurate reflection of a SWAT negotiator. The rebel but good cop, the intro with a hostage scene, the eruption into violence, the obvious red herrings and villain. The buddy cop bond.
The idea that one could take a roomful of hostages at gunpoint, terrorize a building, shoot at police officers, and be absolved, simply because he was right about being framed for a murder, takes a perhaps insurmountable suspension of belief.
This was, I think especially seen in the 80's and 90's, the destruction caused by the hero being eradicated by the fact he was in fact wronged. When we talk about movies and white male heroes (and cops) though obviously Jackson is black, being vehicles, and reflections of entitlement, and maybe even abuse, the cop is never wrong, if he was first right.
Such a piece of 90's entertainment, and watching it again as an adult was almost as fun, as the memories of watching it as a kid.
StraxStrax
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I think this might be the best cast in the history of movies especially when you consider there are more than 25 speaking roles that have multiple lines.
J-MIL
Fly Sh!t Only
One of my favs
kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
still a fave of mines. No matter how much i watch it, i still feel that tension the entire 2nd act. Sam L and kevin gaycy killed it 
Piff Tannen
Superstar
Free on YouTube
StraxStrax
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Watched it during a flight yesterday.
What a movie.
What a movie.
Sunalmighty
Superstar
"DONT TELL ME fukkING COPY, PULL THE fukkING TRIGGER"
the look on those cops faces when he ordered Palermo to take the shot, then at the end of the film he was one of the guys helping sam jack to the ambulance. dude must've been by the book as hell smh
Great film