The Siege
An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control.
Genres
Overview
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Details
Budget
$70000000
Revenue
$116700000
Runtime
116 min
Release Date
1998-11-06
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1383
Vote Average
6.3
Denzel Washington
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Annette Bening
Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger
Bruce Willis
Major-General William Devereaux
Tony Shalhoub
Agent Frank Haddad
Sami Bouajila
Samir Nazhde
Aasif Mandvi
Khalil Saleh
Mark Valley
FBI Agent Mike Johanssen
Jack Gwaltney
Fred Darius
David Proval
Danny Sussman
Lance Reddick
FBI Agent Floyd Rose
Wood Harris
Officer Henderson
David Costabile
Fingerprint Expert
Said Faraj
Sleeper terrorist
Christian Chase
Prisoner
Chip Zien
Chief of Staff
Ahmed Ben Larby
Sheik Achmed Bin Talal
Lianna Pai
Tina Osu
Jacqueline Antaramian
Najiba Haddad
Donna Hanover
District Attorney
Dakin Matthews
Senator Wright
John Rothman
Congressman Marshall
John Henry Cox
Speaker of the House
E. Katherine Kerr
Attorney General
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Army General
Will Lyman
FBI Director
Victor Slezak
Colonel Hardwick
Chris Messina
Corporal
Susie Essman
Protest Speaker
Arianna Huffington
Capitol Week Pundit
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diana Naftal
Injured Woman
Ben Shenkman
Kaplan, INS
Dakin Matthews
Congressman Marshall
Ray Godshall Sr.
CIA Director
Gilbert Rosales
Mechanic
Amro Salama
Tariq Husseini
Jim Shankman
ACLU Lawyer
Matt Servitto
Journalist #1
Jourdan Fremin
Journalist #2
Anjua Warfield-Maximo
March Organizer
Jeff Beatty
Undercover FBI Agent
Rory J. Aylward
Lieutenant
Robert Scheer
Capitol Week Pundit
Matt Miller
Capitol Week Pundit
Ali Afshar
Ali
John Beard
Newscaster
Stan Brooks
Newscaster
Alex Chadwick
Newscaster
Epi Colon
Newscaster
Judy de Angelis
Newscaster
Luis Jimenez
Newscaster
Sean Hannity
Newscaster
Ron Kuby
Newscaster
Daniel Schorr
Newscaster
Curtis Sliwa
Newscaster
Susan Stamberg
Newscaster
Mary Alice Williams
Newscaster
Mike Akrawi
Terrorist (uncredited)
Michael Arthur
Army Major (uncredited)
Lisa Masters
Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Robin Anne Phipps
Crying Girl on Monitor (uncredited)
Valeria Von Leczycki Goncharova Barrett
Screaming Woman in Silver Gown (uncredited)
William Hill
INS Uniform
Craig 'Radio Man' Castaldo
Neal Jones
NYPD Representative
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