An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Acting
Willis's physicality sells decades of regret without dialogue.
Direction
Donner's final film: old school tension, zero flash.
Writing
Richard Wenk's script trusts silence over explosions.
Director
Richard Donner
Bruce Willis
Jack Mosley
Yasiin Bey
Eddie Bunker
David Morse
Frank Nugent
Jenna Stern
Diane Mosley
Casey Sander
Captain Dan Gruber
Cylk Cozart
Jimmy Mulvey
David Zayas
Robert Torres
Robert Racki
Jerry Shue
Patrick Garrow
Touhey
Sasha Roiz
Kaller
Conrad Pla
Ortiz
Hechter Ubarry
Maldonado
Richard Fitzpatrick
Deputy Commissioner Wagner
Peter McRobbie
Mike Sheehan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donner shot two endings; the theatrical cut's ambiguity tested better, but the alternate exists on DVD.
Yasiin Bey (then Mos Def) insisted on doing his own running—those exhausted breaths are real.
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