Mad City
A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.
16 September 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
1947, Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 November 1968, San Diego, California, USA
23 November 1941, Painesville, Ohio, USA
13 August 1953, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3 August 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
31 July 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 June 1944, Queens, New York, USA
3 February 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
7 April 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1973
19 November 1933, Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 September 1966, Mountain View, California, USA
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.
January 01, 2000
The weak material is unenthusiastically played by Dustin Hoffman and downright badly handled by John Travolta...
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.
May 23, 2007
Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
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.
July 08, 2005
...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.
