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Metro (1997)

Director:
Thomas Carter
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Action/Thriller
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Metro
RUNNING TIME
117 minutes
Producer:
Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter:
Randy Feldman


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Scott Roper Eddie Murphy ½
Kevin McCall Michael Rapaport ½
Michael Korda Michael Wincott
Ronnie Tate Carmen Ejogo ½
Officer Forbes James Carpenter
Lt. Sam Baffett Art Evans
Det. Kimura Kim Miyori
Earl Donal Logue

 

Review

Formulaic but quite enjoyable action-thriller with Eddie Murphy, in his final cop-lead-role to date, battling wits with sociopath Michael Wincott. Murphy's performance is more level-headed than usual, and he even shows his serious side in a cute romantic sideplot with the beautiful young Brit Carmen Ejogo. Murphy and Michael Rapaport strike up an apt buddy/cop relationship before the breathless finale takes us down the streets of San Francisco on a runaway streetcar. Thomas Carter directs as impersonally as he possible can, and creates good entertainment in the process, but that's also it. Wincott is inspired in a part that could have been brilliant with a little more depth.

Re-reviewed: Copyright © 23.9.2014 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
Original review:
Copyright © 19.2.1997 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang