The Siege

The Siege

1998 · 116 min · EN · R · 6.3 (1,497 votes)
Dir. Edward Zwick · Starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Aasif Mandvi · Music Graeme Revell

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

DramaActionThrillerCrime

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.

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Feel the city's pulse quicken under an escalating, unseen threat. This is a tense, propulsive ride through a New York gripped by fear and suspicion, where the lines between protector and oppressor blur. It's a gritty, urgent exploration of national security versus civil liberties, leaving you questioning trust at every turn.

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