The Negotiator Page #5

Synopsis: In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): F. Gary Gray
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
62
R
Year:
1998
140 min
2,683 Views


everything...

...on this desk and get out!

Let's go! Move! Move it!

Why are you here?

The call is out on the city-wide.

- See what they're making me do?!

- Danny, you just got married!

Think about Karen!

I am thinking about Karen.

And now that I think of it,

I'm glad you're here.

You just raised the ante.

Join the party.

God, Danny, this is crazy.

Take your guns off.

Put them on this table now!

I know you heard me say both of them.

Listen to me.

It's not too late to stop.

Are you trying to talk me down?

This is crazy. This isn't helping you.

Me and him have nothing to do with this.

I've known you 20 years.

What are you doing?

I know I made you stay, Frost, but you

cannot monopolize the conversation.

You're not the scene commander here.

I am.

You're Niebaum's secretary?

What's your name?

My name's Maggie and I'm his assistant.

Well, Maggie, don't be scared.

I'm familiar with situations like this.

I'm not scared. I've been mugged twice.

Once at gunpoint.

Guns are not new to me.

But I'd rather avoid them

if I get the chance.

You won't have that chance this time.

If you're his assistant...

...you have everything to do with this.

But not me, bro.

I don't work for this pig.

- I'm not a cop.

- You're Rudy Timmons.

You're a rat for the rat squad.

You don't remember me?

I arrested you in '92 for

credit card fraud.

Yeah, I remember you.

I remember you. Hey, man!

Last time I saw you, you were

a clean-cut boy in blue.

What happened to you?

That's what we're here to find out.

I wonder if they're out there.

Your partners, Niebaum.

The guilty ones.

My guys.

They'll come...

...scared shitless

I'll get the truth out of you.

And if they can't get me...

...they'll kill you.

Clear the perimeter and start evac.

Nothing moves on that f***ing river!

Locate the phone panel. Lock down

the elevator. Clear the stairwell.

Have Unit 2 hold outside

Internal Affairs.

Christ, they're here already.

Set up command on that barge over there

so the press can't get to us.

What do you got?

Elevators locked

from the 20th floor down.

I got a real concern.

He knows our tactics, we got a big area

to lock down. Do we have the manpower?

We got personnel from

But he'll still try and control

the environment.

We'll see who wins the race.

Perpetrator is an expert marksman.

He's an expert in explosives

and tactics.

Gentlemen, play this by the numbers.

Maintain your fields of fire.

Elevators.

F***ing Roman's up there, man.

He's got Frost inside.

We see a chance to end this,

we take him out.

We're blind and he's seeing 20/20.

I want visuals and audio

set up from 19 and 21.

Farley, you're negotiating.

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James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco (born 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing and directing The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Academy Award-winner Francis Ford Coppola. more…

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