5.4 Score

1998 • 1h 56min • R • Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama

The Siege

"An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control."

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

IMDb 6.4

RT 44%

MC 53

Director

Edward Zwick

Writers

Lawrence Wright

Menno Meyjes

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Denzel Washington

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

Annette Bening

Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger

Bruce Willis

Major-General William Devereaux

Tony Shalhoub

Agent Frank Haddad

Sami Bouajila

Samir Nazhde

Aasif Mandvi

Khalil Saleh

Mark Valley

FBI Agent Mike Johanssen

Jack Gwaltney

Fred Darius

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