Mad City
A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.
19 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 August 1953, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
14 March 1939, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
2 October 1945, Houston, Texas, USA
15 March 1962, North Carolina, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
May 30, 1963 in Torrance, California, USA
18 November 1979, Saratov, Saratovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
23 April 1954, Long Island City, New York, USA
29 May 1957, Bellaire, Ohio, USA
11 January 1985, Los Angeles County, California, USA
3 August 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 November 1941, Painesville, Ohio, USA
10 May 1943, Waukegan, Illinois, USA
28 March 1952, San Jose, California, USA
January 01, 2000
The actors tried too hard to make something out of nothing.
July 08, 2005
...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.
January 01, 2000
The weak material is unenthusiastically played by Dustin Hoffman and downright badly handled by John Travolta...
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
A wanna-be event movie that merely reinvents the wheel.
May 23, 2007
Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
July 14, 2003
Compelling analysis of the modern media. Somewhat obvious, but still works.
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.
