4.1 Score

2001 • 2h • R • Action, Thriller, Crime

15 Minutes

"America likes to watch."

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."

IMDb 6.1

RT 32%

MC 34

Director

John Herzfeld

Composer

Anthony Marinelli

Top Cast

Robert De Niro

Eddie Flemming

Edward Burns

Jordy Warsaw

Kelsey Grammer

Robert Hawkins

Avery Brooks

Leon Jackson

Melina Kanakaredes

Nicolette Karas

Karel Roden

Emil Slovak

Oleg Taktarov

Oleg Razgul

Vera Farmiga

Daphne Handlova

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Robert De Niro Eddie Flemming

Edward Burns Jordy Warsaw

Kelsey Grammer Robert Hawkins

Avery Brooks Leon Jackson

Melina Kanakaredes Nicolette Karas

Karel Roden Emil Slovak

Oleg Taktarov Oleg Razgul

Vera Farmiga Daphne Handlova

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Darius McCrary Tommy Cullen

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Charlize Theron Rose Hearn

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