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Mad City
A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.
29 May 1957, Bellaire, Ohio, USA
1971
19 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 July 1970, Rota, Spain
12 December 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 December 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 November 1938, Morton, Texas, USA
May 30, 1963 in Torrance, California, USA
16 October 1968, Monticello, New York, USA
18 November 1979, Saratov, Saratovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
23 April 1954, Long Island City, New York, USA
January 01, 2000
The actors tried too hard to make something out of nothing.
December 05, 2004
'The media are vultures' is the prevailing point here, and it is not expressed in the most original or interesting of ways.
January 01, 2000
The weak material is unenthusiastically played by Dustin Hoffman and downright badly handled by John Travolta...
January 01, 2000
A wanna-be event movie that merely reinvents the wheel.
July 14, 2003
Compelling analysis of the modern media. Somewhat obvious, but still works.
May 23, 2007
Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
August 21, 2006
This simplistic and obvious expose about the manipulative power of the news media (lazily acted by Travoilta and Hoffman) is so familiar that it's not going to upset or provoke anyone.
July 08, 2005
...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.