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Murder at 1600 (1997) 5.9
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5.9/10 from 16,950 users
Metascore: 47/100
Reviews: 52 user | 55 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com At a time of international incident, the body of a young female staffer is found in a White House wash room. Homicide detective Harlan Regis is called in to investigate the murder only to ... See full summary » Director:Dwight H. Little |
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At a time of international incident, the body of a young female staffer is found in a White House wash room. Homicide detective Harlan Regis is called in to investigate the murder only to discover the secret service had taken hold of all the evidence for their own investigation. A frustrated Regis becomes suspicious of a cover-up and convinces secret service agent Nina Chance to aid him. The remainder of the plot is spent following Regis and Chance as they uncover the answers as to who is behind the conspiracy and why. Written by P. Wong <pwong@nt.net>
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He's a D.C. cop on the outside. She's a Secret Service agent on the inside. Tracking a White House homicide to the First Family's front door. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sexuality, violence and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
18 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
DEM 865,299 (Germany) (12 June 1998)Gross:
DEM 2,148,184 (Germany) (3 July 1998)Company Credits
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Nina Chance: Yeah.
Detective Harlan Regis: Well, how'd you get it?
Nina Chance: I stole it.
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The name of the assassin in the movie is "John Kerry". See more »Goofs
When Diane Lane's character is being attended after getting shot, the wound is covered by a gauze directly over her clothes. Any person with medical knowledge or even first care training (as any secret service agent should be) knows that clothing must be removed from an open wound before attempting to ease the blood flow, otherwise it gets infected. See more »Quotes
Detective Harlan Regis: This is Carla's tape from her answering machineNina Chance: Yeah.
Detective Harlan Regis: Well, how'd you get it?
Nina Chance: I stole it.
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At least the whodunit puzzle left me guessing. But that's the only redeeming quality of this pretentious mystery, set at the White House. A lone, good guy cop (played by Wesley Snipes) goes up against the rich and powerful. Our hero fights the bullies and the bad guys with courage and daring. It's a tired, stale concept.
The story is chock-full of pretentious, self-important, irritatingly hip characters, most of them conveniently photogenic. The plot contains lots of chases and some fight scenes. It also contains the obligatory in-your-face news media frenzy, and other tiresome film clichés. The dialogue is banal. Example: "Section 6 secure"; "Go. Freeze!". The film's ending is unimaginative and trite.
Color cinematography is adequate, if conventional. Production design is detailed and quite convincing. Acting is average. The nondescript background music is very manipulative.
"Murder At 1600" comes across as your typical big-budget, high profile film right off the Hollywood assembly line. It's got visual pizazz and lots of "action". But the story lacks substance and depth, the characters are stereotyped, and the dialogue is vapid. It's just one more example of how Hollywood throws production megabucks as substandard screenplays.