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bob113
Critic Bob Mccabe
rated 8

...The Siege is a great urban thriller, a movie that understands the pulse of a city and its environs, that uses its locations to emphasise the tension and paranoia of its plot.

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Cast & Crew

Edward Zwick
Director
Bill Clinton
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Willis
As Major-General William Devereaux
Denzel Washington
As Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Tony Shalhoub
As Agent Frank Haddad
John Rothman
As Congressman Marshall
Annette Bening
As Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
David Proval
As Danny Sussman

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The Siege (1998) In the midst of a wave of terrorist attacks on New York City, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Anthony "Hub" Hubbard (Denzel Washington) and U.S. Army General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis) must work together to bring down a ruthless terrorist organization. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a web of deceit and lies that threatens to consume them all. With time running out and tensions at an all-time high, Hubbard and Devereaux must put their differences aside and fight for the greater good in this gripping action-thriller.

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What movies are similar to The Siege? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Siege include The Hunted, Playing God, Boiling Point, Last Man Standing, Crime Story, Sudden Death.

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The Siege was released in theaters on January 8, 1999.