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Metro (1997)

★ 5.7 · 613 ratings on TMDB

LIFE IS A NEGOTIATION.

Metro poster★ 5.7

Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

DirectorThomas Carter
CastArt Evans, David Michael Silverman, Denis Arndt, Dick Bright, Donal Logue, Eddie Murphy
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama
The emergence reading

Metro keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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