# The Siege (1998)

> An FBI counter-terrorism chief races through a besieged New York while terrorist violence and martial law threaten to destroy the city’s civil liberties.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5016

## Facts

- Runtime: 116 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Edward Zwick
- Cast: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Aasif Mandvi, Mark Valley, Jack Gwaltney
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: paranoid, urgent, grim, political thriller night, 1990s movie marathon

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- [Murder at 1600 (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/4605)
- [The Manchurian Candidate (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/8552)
- [Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/1029)
- [Vantage Point (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/3834)
- [Sudden Death (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/4441)
- [The Pelican Brief (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/5070)
- [Unthinkable (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/24036)
- [Mercury Rising (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4234)

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