Diplomatic Siege (1999)

Terrorists take over the US embassy in Bucharest, executing one hostage every hour until a war criminal is released. Plus - 2 specialists are there trying to disarming a secret nuclear bomb.

Director:

Gustavo Graef Marino

Writers:

Mark Amin (story), Robert Boris (screenplay)

Stars:

Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Weller	...	Steve Mitchell
Daryl Hannah	...	Erica Long
Tom Berenger	...	Gen. Buck Swain
Adrian Pintea	...	Goran Mladnov
Uwe Ochsenknecht	...	Col. Peter Vojnovic
Jer Adrianne Lelliott	...	Chris Mitchell (as Jeremy Lelliott)
Irina Movila	...	Petra
Radmar Agana Jao	...	Sgt. Tim Nakajima
Brion James	...	Gen. Stubbs
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Parker
Steve Eastin	...	Bates
J. Patrick McCormack	...	Dalton
Mircea Bodolan	...	Ambassador Gannon
Francisco Reyes	...	Pascal
Audrey Rimbaud	...	Nicole

Storyline

When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front. With thirty-seven people taken hostage, including Steve's stepson, they demand the immediate release of their imprisoned leader who is being held for war crimes against humanity. If not, they will kill one hostage every hour. With time of the essence, the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington, DC send General Swain to try to end the lethal assault and the possibility of a ...

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | embassy | hostage | bucharest | u.s. embassy | 

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Taglines:

Who knows the truth? Who can be trusted? Who can stop the countdown?

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1999 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Enemy of My Enemy

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tapestry Films, Trimark Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Goran: And you are?
Erica Long: Diplomatic attaché Erica Long.
Goran: Your name must have more to do with your legs, Miss Long, than your lifespan.
Erica Long: At least I still have lifespan!

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Soundtracks

Ciao Bella
Performed by Carmello Di Napoli
Written by Carmello Di Napoli
Courtesy of Music Marketing Europe

User Reviews

I have seen worse movies

A very lame plot based on political thinking of the late 90s, that paints serbs as the bad guys...why they picked romainia for the "location of the embassy nuke" is beyond me since there was at one point an American embassy in yugoslaia and should have had a nuke as well...no matter. every aspect of the movie made it a poorly made b movie.

i have to mention, when reading some reviews, i was more appalled by some of those than i was by this movie. a great example is the review "Beware 'low cost production' countries" written by "davidshort10"...i his review he says "..(by the way, Romania was not part of the Warsaw Pact..", but of course anyone who knows anything about the warsaw pact knows that romania was a proud member of that pact. another statement (made in 2006), "..and oh by the way Croatia is not a UN member country)", although crotia has been a member of the UN since 1992.

you can watch the movie for free online, so you have nothing to lose but time.