The Siege

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Katherine Kerr as Attorney General. Jimmie Ray Weeks as Army General. Aasif Mandvi as Khalil Saleh.

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Mosleh Mohamed as Muezzin. Frank DiElsi as Officer Williams. Wood Harris as Officer Henderson. Ellen Bethea as Anita. David Costabile as Fingerprint Expert. Glenn Kessler as Fiber Expert. Jeffrey Allen Waid as Video Agent. Sherry Ham-Bernard as Hub's Secretary. Joseph Hodge as Landlord.

Joey Naber as Rashad. Said Faraj as Yousuf. Alex Dodd as Ali. Jacqueline Antaramian as Najiba Haddad. Helmi Kassim as Frank Haddad Jr. Rasoully as Frank Jr. Diana Naftal as Injured Woman. Insben Shenkman as Kaplan. Barton Tinapp as Mayoral. Donna Hanover as District Attorney. Hany Kamal as Arab Spokesman. John Henry Cox as Speaker of the House. Chris Messina as Corporal. Gilbert Rosales as Mechanic. Amro Salama as Tariq Husseini. Matt Servitto as Journalist No.

Jourdan Fremin as Journalist No. Anjua Warfield as March Organizer. Susie Essman as Protest Speaker.

Larson as FBI Agent. Arianna Huffington as Capital Week Pundit. Robert Scheer as Capital Week Pundit. Matt Miller as Capital Week Pundit. Stan Brooks as Newscaster. Alex Chadwick as Newscaster. Epi Colon as Newscaster. Judy de Angelis as Newscaster. Sean Hannity as Newscaster. Ronald Kuby as Newscaster. Daniel Schorr as Newscaster. Curtis Sliwa as Newscaster. Susan Stamberg as Newscaster.

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Mary Alice Williams as Newscaster. Typical summer popcorn fare. January 1, Full Review…. The script is too muddled to be remedied by vigorous filmmaking. January 1, Rating: May 29, Rating: June 21, Full Review….

November 6, Full Review…. Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Sharon and Hubbard compel Samir to arrange a meeting with the final terrorist cell. Hubbard also convinces Haddad to return to the FBI. A multi-ethnic peace march demonstrates against the occupation of Brooklyn. As the march is getting under way Hubbard and Haddad arrive at the meeting place, but Bridger and Samir have already left. Samir reveals to Bridger that he constitutes the final cell while in another sense he says, "there will never be a last cell.

Hubbard and Haddad arrive in time to prevent him leaving but Samir shoots Bridger in the abdomen as she struggles to stop him. Hubbard and Haddad kill Samir but despite their best efforts the pair can only watch as Bridger succumbs to her wound after managing to recite certain lines of the second half of the Lord's Prayer and concluding with " Inshallah " — the Arabic phrase "God Willing".

Hubbard, Haddad, and their team raid Devereaux's headquarters to make an arrest for the torture and murder of Husseini. Deveraux insists that under the War Powers Resolution the authority vested in himself by the President supersedes that of the court which issued the arrest warrant. Deveraux then commands his soldiers to aim their assault rifles at the agents, resulting in a Mexican standoff.

Hubbard reminds Devereaux that the civil liberties and human rights which he took from Husseini are what all of his predecessors have fought and perished for.

Devereaux finally submits and then gets arrested. Martial law ends and the detainees, including Haddad's son, are given their freedom. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Its spokesman Hussein Ibish said " The Siege is extremely offensive. We're used to offensive, that's become a daily thing. This is actually dangerous. Director Edward Zwick had met with Arab Americans, who suggested that the story be changed to mirror the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing , when Arabs were immediately assumed responsible.

This idea was rejected. Zwick noted that The Siege ' s villains also include members of the U. Anytime you talk about issues that touch on religion of any kind, you can anticipate this kind of reaction. Should we only present every group as paragons and monoliths of virtue? The movie inspires to engender this kind of dialogue.

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Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention denzel washington bruce willis terrorist annette fbi terrorists agent law action york martial terrorism tony general army bening arab cia. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Prime Video Verified Purchase. After seeing this movie again for about the 20th time, I finally decided to write a review. This movie is in my top 20 list of post-apocalyptic films because I've also planned for a solar generator post-apocalypse: I'd say this movie fits strongly in that last category.

Since this movie was released almost 20 years ago, the other reason I'm writing the review is that hopefully, it catches the attention of people aged mid-teens to 30, who may have missed it first run. Those individuals who didn't even hit 18 before they had to contemplate a terrorist attack from a different culture, country - and in three places counting the field in PA and Washington, DC - have grown up in a country where they have had terrorism hung over their heads like Damocles' sword.

Sadly, much of what the movie warned about has come to pass. In fact, only one thing hasn't yet- martial law; in its replacement, we have constitutional rights broken with being monitored ala The ongoing problems with the Middle East and the multiple US concerns about involvement, terrorism and security measures that have occurred in the 17 years after the release show this film's almost eerie prescience.

I think this was a pretty good film for its time, though the realities of terrorism today have kind of bypassed this plot. I think the best takeaway from this movie are the scenes in which portions of the population are segregated from the larger populace over terrorism-induced hysteria, paranoia, and prejudice.

All four lead actors turn in decent performances, and the bus scene was noteworthy - shocking at the time the film came out, but today something that, if it happened, would hardly surprise any of us. Worth a rental, though, as a thriller and a light warning of the potential divisiveness of terrorism perpetrated in the homeland.

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Many if not most of today's movies have great moments, things we recall and applaud. Bruce Willis and Tony Shaloub and chacters down the food chain all contribute to something they seem to believe in. Whether it's the Government versus the People or America versus terrorists, issues are made evident and understood. Without any black and white edits; everyone has layers of good and bad. Production is sharp and consistent, professional and empathetic. This is a superior film in every respect.

It's about today, here and now, something every thought film fan should see; I've re-seen it several times and enjyed, applauded and learn more with every go-around. Please see it, talk about it; America needs debate on ll its topics. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. This has become 5 stars over the last 18 years as the questions it raised became real.

The most surreal partthe occupation, within the United States, of neighborhoods with high concentrations of Moslemsis now very similar to the policies advocated by two Presidential candidates. When the movie first came out, some Arab civil rights groups attacked it as stereotyping Arabs and Moslems as terrorists. That was a serious misinterpretation of the movie, which is about fear and paranoia in a free society. There are terrorists who are bad guys, but even these are written as complex characters rather than comic book villains.

It also has Tony Shalhoub in a rare dramatic role as an ethnic Arab FBI agent who shows heroism, disgust with terrorists, pride in his family, and ultimately anguish and anger over the detention of his year-old son. We have not gone as far as the actions in this film, but despite this, the film is more optimistic than one that might be written today. There are some moments that are oddly charming as they reflect our pre-Sept 11th innocence. In the end, both FBI agents and the general public rise up against the un-American fear, anger, and authoritarianism.

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