A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.
Acting
Snipes and Lane's surprisingly flirty chemistry
Production
Actual Baltimore standing in for D.C., convincingly
Director
Dwight H. Little
Wesley Snipes
Detective Harlan Regis
Diane Lane
Agent Nina Chance
Daniel Benzali
Agent Nick Spikings
Dennis Miller
Detective Steve Stengel
Alan Alda
Jordan
Ronny Cox
President Jack Neil
Tate Donovan
Kyle Neil
Tom Wright
Cooper
Harris Yulin
General Clark Tully
Diane Baker
Kitty Neil
Nicholas Pryor
Paul Moran
Charles Rocket
Jeffrey
Nigel Bennett
Burton Cash
Tamara Gorski
Young Woman in Bar
Douglas O'Keeffe
Assassin (John Kerry)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released six months before The Fifth Element and Con Air, this was part of a wave of mid-budget R-rated action films that Hollywood basically stopped making after 9/11 made White House destruction feel differently.
The actual White House refused to cooperate with filming, so the production built sets in Toronto and used Baltimore's city hall for exteriors. The Secret Service consulted briefly then distanced themselves once they read the script.
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