Metro (1997 film)

Metro is a 1997 American action comedy thriller film which was directed by Thomas Carter, produced by Roger Birnbaum, and starring Eddie Murphy as Scott Roper, a hostage negotiator and inspector for the San Francisco Police Department who immediately seeks revenge against a psychotic jewel thief, Michael Korda Michael Wincott, who murdered Ropers best friend, Lt. Sam Baffert Art Evans. Released on January 17, 1997 in the United States, Metro grossed 32,000,301 in the domestic market, which failed to bring back its 55,000,000 budget.

While listening to a horse race on his car stereo, Scott is called downtown where a man named Earl Donal Logue is holdinghostages in a bank. Scott rescues the hostages by shooting Earl, though Earls wound is nonfatal.Scott is then assigned a partner sharpshooter Kevin McCall Michael Rapaport. That night, Scott takes his friend, Lieutenant Sam Baffert Art Evans, to see a man named Michael Korda Michael Wincott. ........

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