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Box office. $74 million [3] Metro is a 1997 American action comedy drama film directed by Thomas Carter, written by Randy Feldman, and produced by Roger Birnbaum. It stars Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, and Michael Wincott. The plot follows Scott Roper (Murphy), a hostage negotiator and inspector for the San Francisco Police Department who ...
- $32 million
- Steve Porcaro
- January 17, 1997
- Roger Birnbaum
Jan 17, 1997 · Metro: Directed by Thomas Carter. With Eddie Murphy, Kim Miyori, Art Evans, James Carpenter. A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
- Thomas Carter
- 74
- 2 min
Jail Laundry Room Guard. Nick Scoggin. ... Property Room Sergeant Frank. Ia Villatuya. ... Tahitian Waitress (as Marie Villatuya) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Richard Conti.
Scott Roper (Eddie Murphy) is the best hostage negotiator in San Francisco. His girlfriend Veronica "Ronnie" Tate (Carmen Ejogo) is a newspaper reporter. While listening to a horse race on his car stereo, Scott is called downtown where a man named Earl (Donal Logue) is holding 17 hostages in a bank. Scott rescues the hostages by shooting Earl ...
Jan 17, 1997 · The movie works well on its chosen level. The big action scenes are cleverly staged and Eddie Murphy is back on his game again, with a high-energy performance and crisp dialogue. Rapaport makes a good foil--stalwart, with good reaction shots--and Wincott is a smart, creepy killer. There are some nice twists. Perhaps it is even a good thing that ...
San Francisco hostage negotiator Scott Roper (Eddie Murphy) is partnered with rookie Kevin McCall (Michael Rapaport). While Scott is trying to win back his girlfriend, Ronnie Tate (Carmen Ejogo ...
Metro is a 1997 American action comedy film directed by Thomas Carter, written by Randy Feldman, and produced by Roger Birnbaum. It stars Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, and Michael Wincott. The plot follows Scott Roper (Murphy), a hostage negotiator and inspector for the San Francisco Police Department who seeks revenge against a psychotic jewel thief, Michael Korda (Wincott), who murdered ...
