Metro(Movie, 1997)

Name: Metro
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: T01:57:00
Rating: 2.8

| 1h 57min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 232 votes)

Metro is a 1997 American action comedy film directed by Thomas Carter, written by Randy Feldman, and produced by Roger Birnbaum. It stars Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, and Michael Wincott. The plot follows Scott Roper (Murphy), a hostage negotiator and inspector for the San Francisco Police Department who seeks revenge against a psychotic jewel thief, Michael Korda (Wincott), who murdered Roper's best friend. Metro was released on January 17, 1997 in the United States and grossed $74 million worldwide. ()

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Available subtitles: English [CC]

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Duration: 1h 57min

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About Metro

Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

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Trailer for Metro + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Metro (1997)(Trailer, 2:28)

Metro (1997) (Trailer) | Metro (1997) Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: San Francisco (California), California

Plays in: San Francisco (California)

Made by: Touchstone Pictures, Caravan Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/16/1997

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Michael Rapaport, Carmen Ejogo, Donal Logue, Denis Arndt, Paul Ben-Victor, Art Evans, Ralph Peduto

Director: Thomas Carter

Producer: Roger Birnbaum

Screenwriter: Randy Feldman

Film Editor: Peter E. Berger

Director of Photography: Fred Murphy

Composer: Steve Porcaro

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Katadioxi sto San Francisco"

"Katadioxi sto San Fransisco"

"Міська поліція"

"Metro - Life is a negotiation"

"Metro Eddie Murphy"

Keywords: san francisco, california, urban setting, hostage-taking, liberation of hostage, gunfight, revenge, police, racial slur, persuasion, sniper, hostage negotiator, jewel thief, negotiation

Budget: 55,000,000 USD

Revenue: 31,987,563 USD (= 58%)

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Metro(Movie, 1997)

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Metro (1997)(Trailer, 2:28)

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