The Negotiator (1998) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 28 titles created 16 May 2014 a list of 29 titles created 03 Jun 2015 a list of 40 titles created 19 Nov 2015 a list of 45 titles created 3 months ago a list of 30 titles created 1 month ago Search for " The Negotiator " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 6 nominations.

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His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late. Written by Ted Walters He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive. See more » Genres: Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 29 July 1998 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $10,218,831 (USA) (31 July 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Kevin Spacey and J.T. Walsh previously appeared in Dad (1989) and Outbreak (1995). Another link in common between both actors is that they both played the role of John Williamson in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross: Walsh in the original stage play and Spacey in the 1992 film version. See more » Goofs Although the movie is set in Illinois, two of the volumes in Niebaum's office are from Ohio Jurisprudence.

See more » Quotes Lieutenant Chris Sabian : I can't believe this, I'm just surrounded by a room of people who wanna go in there and kill him. This is the guy who call you friend. I got nothing invested in this. I wonder why that is, or maybe someday we'll find out. (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I know very little about the movie industry, directing, producing and the like but I know when I really enjoy a movie, and I enjoyed this one so much I am making my first ever comment on a movie on this site. Having just watched this movie for the first time, I have been riveted to my seat. The twists and turns were so good even I didn't know who to trust! I was wrong about some of the cops I thought were dirty, right about others and the end took me by surprise. Although a long film, the pace of events and quality acting kept me interested from the first minute to the last one. This is probably the best thriller I have seen this year and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good thriller with a few action moments thrown in intelligently for good measure.

All credit must go to Samuel L Jackson for a great performance in playing a specialist police officer who finds himself an innocent fall guy, supported very well by the late J. T. Walsh, who seemed to always play dislikable characters. Jackson makes his character an actor himself, as a psychopath to the cops he holds at bay and a careful family man to his new wife whilst slowly but surely convincing his hostages of his innocence. Similar credit for great performances go to Kevin Spacey as the neutral respected negotiator dropped into a tense situation completely blind to events, and I have yet to see a poor performance by David Morse, who followed up this film with another good performance in "The Green Mile". My work as a real police officer in England seems so ordinary and boring by comparison! 24 of 30 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The Negotiator (Film) - TV Tropes The Negotiator You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive. "When your friends betray you, sometimes the only people you can trust are strangers." — Lt.

Danny Roman The Negotiator is a 1998 film starring Samuel L. Jackson as Danny Roman, a Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator framed for the murder of his partner, Nate. Nate was murdered when he uncovered serious corruption within their unit. Not knowing who he can trust, Danny turns to taking hostages to find the truth about Nate's murder. Unable to trust his friends, he calls upon a stranger, and fellow negotiator, Chris Sabian ( Kevin Spacey ), to prove his innocence. The film was directed by Felix Gary Gray, previously known for Friday (1995) and Set It Off (1996). It was not a box office hit, earning about $44,547,681 in the United States market. It was only the 47th most successful film of its year. However, it gained mostly positive reviews and earned both Gray and Jackson a number of awards. This film provides examples of: Actually Pretty Funny : Beck, the squad leader, who makes no secret of his dislike for Danny even before the set-up, can't help but chuckle silently during the "never say no" scene; a sentiment shared by one of the FBI agents.

Air-Vent Passageway : The SWAT team uses small vents for running fiber-optic cameras and larger vents for team members. When the title character barricades himself into an office, one of the precautions he takes is to close off the vents as best he can with available materials. Danny also uses it during his escape from the building. Batman Gambit : Done multiple times by Roman, and how they eventually uncover the mastermind setting him up. Bluffing the Murderer : Sabian gets the murderer to confess by blackmailing him with the nonexistent evidence. Butt Monkey : Farley basically exists for no other reason than to get utterly humiliated by Danny. The first time his name is mentioned, long before he appears on-screen in any meaningful capacity, is when Danny complains that "Farley screwed up the list!" (Said list being a likes / dislikes inventory for the current hostage-taker - Farley put the man's dog on the "Likes" side, but the guy hates his dog for barking all the time.) Clear My Name : Danny takes the hostages to clear himself of stealing from his prescient's disability fund and murdering his partner.

Closed Door Rapport : The movie milks this for all it's worthï¿½both Danny Roman and Chris Sabian are introduced doing this. Roman is talking with a gunman. Sabian is talking with his wife. The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes : We are first introduced to Chris Sabian as he is failing to persuade his wife to come out of the bedroom in which she has locked herself. Summed up succinctly with this line: Chris Sabian: You know, I once talked a man out of blowing up the Sears Tower, but I cannot talk my wife out of a bedroom or my kid off a phone. Lisa Sabian: That's because nobody's standing behind you with a big gun! Chris Sabian: Yeah well, That's debatable. Curb-Stomp Battle : Well, verbal battle at least, between Danny and Farley. It's not even a fair fight, since Farley is a last minute substitute since their best negotiator is the one taking hostages. Danny reacts with disbelief when Farley calls him up on the phone and he starts on the standard negotiation lines, decides to give Farley a chance to talk him down, and what follows is an emasculating verbal dissection.

Danny: Never say no to a hostage taker. It's in the manual. Eliminate no from your vocabulary, Farley. Never use no, don't, won't, or can't. It eliminates options and leave no choice but to shoot someone. Now lets practice, if you say no again, I'll kill somebody. ... Now, I'd like a sub machine gun so I can blow everyone in here away. Farley: [stammering] I'll look into that. Danny: Good! You're doing good Farley! You ever cheat on your wife, Farley? Don't say no! Farley: [stammering worse now] I'll have to look into that Danny. Danny: You ever... dress up like a schoolgirl and get your ass spanked? [Farley tries and fails to come up with a way to say no without using the word] Jesus... I got nothing against you dressing up like a little girl , but I did not know that about you, Farley. Covert Distress Code : At the beginning, Danny flashes hand signals (1, 2, and 3 fingers) to alert the sniper team when to fire.

The "1" signal is worked into his conversation with the hostage taker as a "wait a minute" gesture, while the others are displayed with his back turned to the suspect. Cowboy Cop : Danny, much to Beck's annoyance. Destruction Equals Off-Switch : Used twice in the movie by The Dirty Cops. The IAB workstation is shot by Allen, Argento & Hellman to destroy the evidence, and later by Frost for the same reason. Even though Computer Equals Monitor is averted as the shots target the CPU, the information would still be there as long as the hard disk is intact. Of course, if Danny can't access the information, he can't use it to prove his innocence, so it's still a win for the bad guys. Dirty Cop : Several of them. Allen, Argento, Hellman and Frost form the conspiracy. Niebaum takes a bribe to hide the evidence of it. Beck, however, is clean. Driven to Suicide : Averted when Frost discovers he's been outed as the conspiracy mastermind and attempts it; he's shot in the shoulder before he can do it.

Empty Cop Threat : After the hostages have been released Maggie initially gives Chief Travis the silent treatment when he asks where Danny has gone, but relents when he threatens to charge her with obstruction of justice. Engineered Public Confession : How Danny finally gets the man responsible. Faceï¿½Heel Turn : Subverted when Chris Sabian pretends to kill Danny Roman for a cut in the villains' profits. False Flag Operation : Inverted and then subverted. Sabian gets a friend to pretend to be the mole to convince Danny to release the hostages and give himself up (and possibly reveal if there are conspirators in the police department). His plan is successful at first, as Sabian has gathered enough information from Danny to know some of the mole's characteristics. But ultimately his plan is foiled when Danny discovers from Niebaum's files who the real mole is. He Knows Too Much : First Roenick, then Niebaum. Hero Antagonist : Primarily Sabian who is the Deuteragonist of the film, but really the entire team trying to take Roman down qualify because they really do believe that he's a Dirty Cop who stole their money and murdered his own partner. Well...

aside from the ones who framed him for it, of course. Hero Insurance : Roman takes several innnocent people hostage during the incident as he fights to clear his name. The movie does not imply that he will ever face consequences for doing so. Even if you have been framed for theft and murder, taking innocent people hostage is still a crime. Hollywood Tactics : At the end, when Frost comes out of Niebaum's house, he is surrounded by other cops on every side. Who then point guns at him . When Beck shoots him, Danny and Sabian are clearly directly behind him. Nobody has a clear shot without a friendly behind him. If I Do Not Return : When things are going badly and Danny Roman believes that he will soon be killed by the corrupt cops, he asks Maggie for a favor. Will you tell my wife something for me? Tell her I was trying to keep my promise. One of Danny's demands is for a department funeral if he dies. Insistent Terminology : Maggie is Niebaum's assistant, not secretary. Backfires on her when Danny realizes she might have more information than he initially suspects. Internal Affairs : Niebaum. The whole hostage situation takes place in the IA office. Is That a Threat?

: Sabian: I'm the only thing standing between you and an army that's itching to walk in here and take you out. So you tell me something, Danny. Why should I get in their way? Make me believe why I should deal with you ever again. Roman: I still have hostages. They can still be punished for your mistakes. Sabian: Was that a threat? Did you just threaten me? Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique : Danny threatens to push Niebaum (who is handcuffed to a chair) into a room where the bad cops could get to him to get him talking. Jerkass : Beck was a dick even before Danny was setup. This, plus his gung ho attitude when the hostage crisis erupts, suggests he's involved in the conspiracy. He's not . Jurisdiction Friction : Between the FBI and Chicago PD, as the building is a federal one and the FBI allow them jurisdiction until their screw ups compel them to take over the situation. Large Ham : Samuel L. Jackson goes to town with this after the failed breach, standing at the shattered window in front of the police helicopters and shouting for them to take his blood, knowing full well they won't shoot him on national television.

Living Lie Detector : Danny gives an IAB officer he's trying to interrogate a crash course in how "real cops" pick apart liars. He's rather disconcerted, however, when he flat out asks the Internal Affairs guy who really did it, and the guy says "You did, Danny" and Danny can tell the guy honestly believes it. Lovable Rogue : Rudy Timmons is a two-bit con artist whose rap sheet includes credit card and insurance fraud but he's affable enough and helps Roman piece together the fraud. Make It Look Like an Accident : When the crooked cops shoot Niebaum they engage in a drawn out firefight with Danny to make it look like the guy just got caught in the crossfire. Danny points out to Sabian that he has "three shots to center mass" obviously indicating murder. Mood Whiplash : The don't say no phone scene. Moral Event Horizon : Played with in-universe. Danny wants everyone to think he's shot one of the officers who attempted the first raid, thus demonstrating that he is to be taken seriously. But eventually reveals it was staged.

At the end, after Beck shoots Frost to prevent him from killing himself, Danny picks up Frost's gun and is about to give him a Coup de Grï¿½ce . He looks around and, seeing his wife and all of his friends, drops the gun. No Indoor Voice : It is a movie with Sam Jackson , so we get some more screaming gems such as: YOU WANT MY BLOOD! TAKE MY BLOOD! YOU CAN'T TALK ME DOWN! I *AM* TALKING! NOW DID YOU OR DID YOU *NOT* EVER DRESS UP LIKE A SCHOOLGIRL AND GET YA ASS SPANKED?! Only a Flesh Wound : What really sells Sabian's bluff towards Frost is that he shoots Danny in the abdomen. Danny is then shown lying on the floor with blood pooling from under him, so either Sabian missed Danny's Bulletproof Vest , or he wasn't wearing one. Sabian helps Danny out of the house, and Danny is able to stand on his own briefly, although he needs help from several cops to make it to the ambulance. In reality, a gunshot wound to the abdomen can cause a great deal of damage.

Sabian points out that if Frost had shot him, it would have been worse. Sabian: I figured you'd rather be shot by me than by him. Pet the Dog : Beck get several in the finale. After being a Red Herring for the mastermind and a general jerkass throughout the movie he shoots Frost to prevent him from committing suicide, helps an injured Danny to the waiting ambulance and orders the street cleared so Danny can be rushed to the hospital. Background character Markus gets a nice one. Towards the finale he gives a pair of keys to Danny while also giving him a trusting handshake squeeze. Not bad considering he initially thought Danny had murdered Scott. Prove I Am Not Bluffing : Danny invokes this trope when he fakes shooting one of the hostages. Put Down Your Gun and Step Away : Danny, to a whole room full of cops. The result is a desk covered in guns and handcuffs. Justified in that Danny is a crack shot (which he demonstrates by intentionally missing - by about four inches - a cop who was trying to line up a shot from a high walkway) and is standing in a doorway, preventing anybody from flanking him.

Red Herring : Squad leader Beck seems like an easy pick for the person who is setting up Danny; he is a hardass, no-bull character who wants to immediately take out Roman with a tactical squad, and is played by David Morse, who has made a living playing villainous roles. But he's not. He's only trying to take down Roman because he believes he's the culprit, and he not only arrests the true villain, but also keeps him from committing suicide to escape his fate. The Reveal : Frost, who was a largely background character, is the mastermind behind of the theft of the disability fund and Danny being framed. Danny never killed Scott. Roenick was the informant. Niebaum took a bribe from the conspiracy to conceal the evidence of it. Rudely Hanging Up : After Roman executes a hostage and calls the negotiator for his next demands, Sabian hangs up the phone on him several times even though Roman still has hostages, both to signal his anger and to make it clear that he will refuse further negotiations if people get hurt. Sabian: Relax. He'll call back. Danny shooting one of the officers he was holding hostage.

Subverted - he faked it in order to get the police to take him seriously. The conspirators silence Niebaum. Frost takes himself hostage by putting a gun to his own head in hopes of getting the SWAT team to back down. Beck foils his plan by shooting him in the shoulder. Stockholm Syndrome / Lima Syndrome - Justified; the hostages come over to his side once they realize he's being set up, and he's apologetic about having to put them through it all to clear his name. Trailers Always Spoil : The trailers show that Sabian eventually sides with Danny. By using a line that isn't even in the final cut of the film! Turn in Your Badge : Danny is given this order by the Chief before his meeting with the DA. Getting it back is one of his demands. What the Hell, Hero? : There are a whole bunch of them. Sabian both gives and receives several throughout the movie. Beck to Danny, after Danny goes cowboy during the opening scene. Danny again, from just about everyone, when he takes hostages. Sabian to the Chief and Beck after the first breach attempt fails. Sabian to Danny after Danny shoots Scott.

Everyone to Sabian after his bluff with the informant fails. Sabian to Beck, the Chief, and the FBI after the second breach fails. The Negotiator (1998) The Negotiator (1998) Reviews The Negotiator Synopsis Expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) has just become a hostage-taker. His world has been destroyed by false allegations of murder and embezzlement. His hostage gambit is carefully orchestrated because he knows that people listen when lives are at stake. Roman requests Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), a respected negotiator from another precinct, be brought in to mediate the crisis. Sabian squares off with his formidable opponent, a man he knows only by reputation, as he attempts to understand and defuse the explosive situation. Top Movies The Negotiator | Movie | 1998 Synopsis "The Negotiator" (1998), starring Samuel L. Jackson as Danny Roman, and Kevin Spacey as Chris Sabian, is an action-packed thriller. Roman, a highly respected police officer, is desperate to prove that he's innocent of the murder of his longtime partner, and finds himself holding a group of innocent people hostage.

The savior of the day, Sabian, is the police department negotiator and hostage specialist, who intervenes and goes on a rescue mission. One man's fury puts another's life in jeopardy in this blockbuster hit. SIMILAR ARTICLES Negotiator, The - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS! Handguns SIG-Sauer P226 The SIG-Sauer P226 pistol is the unofficial star of The Negotiator, and is used heavily by many characters in the movie. When Lieutenant Danny Roman ( Samuel L. Jackson ) is accused of murdering his partner as part of a corruption scandal, he takes the accusing Internal Affairs investigators hostage using a P226 that he acquires from one of them during a scuffle. There are several extreme closeups of the P226 where it is easy to see that, as with all prop SIG-Sauer pistols used in Hollywood, the lock-up on the barrel has been filed down in order to make the gun function with blanks.

HBT officer Hellman ( Nestor Serrano ) also carries a P226 which is also briefly wielded by Inspector Grant Frost ( Ron Rifkin ) near the end of the film. HBT Commander Beck ( David Morse ) also uses a SIG P226 at the climax of the film. SIG-Sauer P226 - 9x19mm A close-up of the IAD inspector's SIG-Sauer P226 after Danny has just taken it from him. Danny Roman ( Samuel L. Jackson ) talking to a hostage negotiator on the phone while brandishing the P226. Danny warding off HBT officers by holding the SIG P226 on Rudy ( Paul Giamatti ). A close-up of the P226 during the first stand-off. Another extreme close-up of the SIG P226 after Danny has just cocked the hammer; in this picture, it's easy to see that the lock-up has been removed to make the gun function reliably with blanks. Danny firing the P226 at repelling HBT officers from above... ...and below (he's firing the gun upside down because he's hiding under a desk).

Frost checks the load in Hellman's SIG P226 near the film's conclusion. Special Many of the other Chicago police HBT officers throughout the movie also use the SIG-Sauer P226 . The two HBT operators who attempt to breach the building from the air are armed with P226s fitted with Surefire 332R flashlight (early model, marked "Laser Products"), both of which are then confiscated by Danny and used later in the film. A nice close-up of an HBT operator's SIG-Sauer P226 , showing the Surefire 332R flashlight beneath the barrel. Danny pointing one of the HBT's P226s at Chris Sabian ( Kevin Spacey ). Glock 19 Lieutenant Chris Sabian ( Kevin Spacey ) carries a Glock 19 as his sidearm throughout the movie. Glock 19 2nd Generation - 9x19mm Chris Sabian ( Kevin Spacey ) draws his Glock 19 . Sabian holding his Glock 19 on Danny.

Glock 'Non Gun' The masked gunman during a murder also uses a Glock 19 (though in a flashback, it is easy to tell that his Glock is actually one of the flashbulb-firing "Non Gun" Glocks ; this is necessary because at the range of the shot, blanks would be harmful to the actor). Glock Non Gun A gunman opens fire with what appears to be a Glock 19 (this is actually a flashbulb-firing "non gun" manufactured by ISS for scenes where blanks could not be used safely). Beretta 92FS Danny Roman's sidearm early in the film is a Beretta 92FS , which he is forced to surrender (along with his badge) when he learns that he is placed on suspension. Many other Chicago police officers throughout the movie also use the 92FS (including the two who arrest Danny at the scene of his partner's murder). Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm Danny Roman hands over his Beretta 92FS when he is suspended from duty.

Various revolvers When Danny takes the Internal Affairs investigators hostage in their office, many of the other detectives in the office are armed with a variety of different types of revolvers. Danny forces them to place their weapons on a desk. Among the revolvers seen are various Smith & Wesson models. Several officers' and detectives' weapons on a desk. Rifles Valmet M78 Chicago HBT sniper Palermo ( Michael Cudlitz ) uses a .308 (7.62x51mm NATO) version of the Finnish Valmet M78 semi-automatic rifle. His Valmet is outfitted with a scope and laser sight (which a real-life sniper would never use). Valmet M78 with scope and magazine removed - 7.62x51mm NATO Palermo setting up his Valmet M78 on the roof opposite the federal building. A CGI-enhanced version of this shot appears to have been used in the film Light It Up . Another view of Palermo with his M78. A close-up of the M78's trigger.

Remington 700PSS Some of the snipers called to the scene of the hostage situation can be seen aiming Remington 700PSS sniper rifles at Danny Roman. Remington 700PSS with Harris bipod - .300 Win Mag A HBT sniper with a Remington 700PSS rifle. M14 At the funeral of a fallen CPD detective, an honor guard detail use M14 rifles to perform the rifle volley. M14 - 7.62x51mm NATO Police officers firing M14 rifles into the air at the funeral. Submachine Guns Heckler & Koch MP5SD2 Argento ( Tim Kelleher ) uses a suppressed Heckler & Koch MP5SD2 submachine gun during an attempted breach. Hellman is also seen using one during the first hostage situation earlier in the film. Heckler & Koch MP5SD2 - 9x19mm Argento fires an Heckler & Koch MP5SD2 . Hellman armed with an MP5SD2.

Heckler & Koch MP5A2/A3 Most of the HBT and FBI SWAT officers throughout the movie can be seen using Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns fitted with Surefire weaponlight forearms, mostly the MP5A2 variant (fixed stock), but also some collapsible-stock MP5A3s . Heckler & Koch MP5A2 with Surefire 628 dedicated forend weaponlight and Navy trigger group, used in S.W.A.T. - 9x19mm HBT officers with MP5A2s. Another HBT officer with an MP5A2. Shotguns Winchester Model 1897 Omar ( Tom Bower ) in the opening standoff is armed with a Winchester Model 1897 . The shotgun is taken by Danny Roman ( Samuel L. Jackson ) when Omar falls on the floor. Danny briefly give it to Nathan ( Paul Guilfoyle ) to take it away. Winchester Model 1897 Riot Gun - 12 gauge Good view of the barrel on the Winchester Model 1897 . Omar nervously touching the trigger. Danny with Omar's shotgun.

The Negotiator (1998) - Plot Summary - IMDb The Negotiator (1998) Plot Summary Showing all 4 plot summaries In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late. - Written by Ted Walters Samuel L. Jackson is Danny Roman, a hot shot police negotiator and the man of the hour in the police department. One day he wakes up to find that he has been set up, and now the police are after him. In his panic, he takes control of a building. Knowing all the rules of negotiation, Danny asks for the only negotiator he can trust - Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey). When the police get itchy trigger fingers and want to go into the building shooting, Sabian finds that the only way he can save Danny Roman's life is to go in there and become his partner. Now the police have to deal with both of them.

- Written by ShowBob <showbob@geocities.com> As a decorated hostage negotiator, Lieutenant Danny Roman has made a career out of talking down dangerous men who don't listen to reason. But he goes off the deep end himself when he is framed for the murder of a colleague investigating corruption in their department. Convinced that the Internal Affairs office contains evidence that can exonerate him, Roman takes everyone inside the building hostage. Roman demands Lieutenant Chris Sabian, known for his anti-violence creed, be brought in to negotiate thinking it will buy him time. When Sabian's attempts for a peaceful resolution are constantly undermined by local authorities, he begins to suspect there may be method to Roman's madness. - Written by Ronos In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth. Watch The Negotiator Online | 1998 Movie | Yidio Watch The Negotiator "He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive." Considered as the best in his field, Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel Jackson) is having the time of his life.

Coming off from a successful negotiating gig where he manages to disarm a wielding gunman holding his daughter hostage, Roman believes that he can do no wrong. A phone call from his partner has Danny Roman stepping into another world where he would end up having to prove his innocence. As he approaches his friend and partner, Danny realizes that a murder has taken place and he is being blamed for it. When Roman is called into Internal Affairs to answer charges, he realizes that there is no way out and decides to grab hostages to help him find the truth. This action thriller, puts an honest cop in a position which forces him to make some very tough decisions, some that could cause his associates in the Chicago police department to turn against him. Recently married to his new wife, Roman is also being pressured by Karen to give himself up and change his present direction. Roman realizes that the embezzlement charges hanging over his head could only mean that there had to be some dirty cops and rather than put himself at risk he demanded a negotiator from another precinct. As the evening progresses Roman begins to uncover clues that ended up causing the death of Inspector Terence Niebaum.(J.T.

Walsh) As an outsider, Chris Sabian would not be involved in the accusations that were flying and as a hostage negotiator he had a track record of being very patient. The line that Roman must cross concerning the disability fund is one that he never thought he would have to, however his reputation and future is at stake and he is determined to come out on top. Based on a true story, this drama is directed by F. Gary Gray and has earned a few awards like the image award for Samuel Jackson for Outstanding Lead Actor in a motion picture. Look for familiar faces like David Morse, John Spencer and Paul Giamatti. The Negotiator | Die Hard scenario Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Lieutenant Danny Roman ( Samuel L. Jackson ), a top Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator , is approached by colleague Nate Roenick ( Paul Guilfoyle ) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the department's disability fund, for which Danny is a board member, and members of their own unit are involved. Nate claims to have an informant whom he refuses to name. When Danny goes to meet with him again he finds Nate murdered seconds before other police arrive, pinning him as the prime suspect.

Things only get worse for Danny when Internal Affairs investigator Terence Niebaum ( J.T. Walsh ), whom Nate's informant suspected of involvement in the embezzlement, is assigned to investigate the murder. Niebaum discovers that Nate was killed with a gun from a case Danny had worked. He and other investigators search Danny's house the following morning and claim to have found papers for an offshore bank account with a deposit equal to one of the amounts of money embezzled. Danny is made to surrender his gun and badge and hardly anyone believes his protests of innocence. Facing the possibility of serious charges within a day, Danny storms into Niebaum's office and questions Niebaum about any involvement with the fund and who set him up. When Niebaum refuses to answer, Danny takes Niebaum, his administrative assistant Maggie ( Siobhan Fallon ), police commander Grant Frost ( Ron Rifkin ), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons ( Paul Giamatti ) as hostages. With the building evacuated and placed under siege by police (including his own unit) and the FBI , Danny issues his conditions, which include finding Nate's informant and summoning police Lt. Chris Sabian ( Kevin Spacey ), another top negotiator.

Danny wants Sabian because he is from another side of the city and therefore unconnected to the pension fund matter, has a reputation for negotiating as long as possible before using force, and should be one of the few people Danny can trust. Despite temporarily putting Sabian in charge after an attempted raid on Danny goes poorly, the police doubt Sabian's methods. While Sabian tries to come up with a solution, Rudy and Maggie help Danny access Niebaum's computer; he discovers recordings of bugs and wiretaps , including his last conversation with Nate. Sabian tries to bluff Danny and the police with an unrelated man who claims to be Nate's informant but Niebaum's files reveal that Nate himself was the actual informant and had passed his evidence on to the IAD. Niebaum finally admits that he took bribes from the guilty parties to cover up their crimes, and he implicates many of Danny's squad mates in the conspiracy but does not know who the ringleader is.

The same conspirators have entered the room via the air vents under the pretext of being part of a team to take Danny out in case he started killing hostages; upon hearing Niebaum's confession, they open fire and kill Niebaum before he can reveal where he has hidden corroborating evidence of their guilt. Danny single-handedly fights them off using the flashbangs he confiscated from the officers in the previous failed raid. Believing that Sabian and the police have lost control of the situation, especially after Sabian's bluff with the informant, the FBI relieve Sabian and order a full breach. Sabian now believes Danny and gives him a chance to prove his innocence, helping him to sneak out of the building during the FBI SWAT assault by wearing a confiscated police uniform while the police save the hostages. Danny and Sabian proceed to Niebaum's house, but cannot find the evidence there. The police arrive and the dirty members of Danny's squad surround the house but they back off as Frost enters the house to try to talk Danny down while Frost secretly loads his weapon. Sabian realizes Frost is the ringleader and Nate's killer.

In front of Frost, Sabian suddenly shoots Danny and offers to destroy the evidence they have uncovered in return for "a piece of the pie" from Frost. Frost agrees and effectively makes a full admission to his crimes, but when he leaves the house, he finds the whole area surrounded by police. Danny had feigned death and Frost's admission of guilt was broadcast over the police radio. Frost attempts to kill himself but is disarmed and arrested. As Danny is loaded into an ambulance, Sabian gives him back his badge and departs. Cast 'The Negotiator' (R) 'The Negotiator': Two Stars Lost in the Plot Twists By Stephen Hunter Samuel L. Jackson takes hostages in "The Negotiator." (Warner Bros.) Director: 2 hours, 21 minutes Violence and profanity "The Negotiator" is a whodunit so bafflingly constructed that you can't even figure out what it is, so the whodun part is superfluous. Squandering the gargantuan talents of Samuel L.

Jackson and Kevin Spacey, it follows two professional police negotiators  the guys who try to talk crazed hostage-takers into surrender  who unite in an effort to figure out who's siphoning money from a police retirement fund. Unfortunately, they do this while one of them is holding six hostages and daring the entire SWAT population of Chicago's law enforcement community to blow him out of his Reeboks. Though handsome to look at, the film is about five rewrites shy of intelligibility. It seems like a slick action film grafted on to a comedy piece sending up plot twists  in other words, it's a $50 million David Letterman skit. Even the performers, redoubtable though they may be, seem a little lost in the thickets of plot and counterplot. Jackson plays Danny Roman, the department's No. 1 talker. In the early going  actually, the film's best set piece  he uses his line of patter to maneuver a crazed ex-Marine close to a window. There, a sniper neatly plugs the fellow in the shoulder and everybody goes home happy and alive.

But the next night, Danny's partner, who has intimated dark but nebulous secrets about the department and the fund, is killed by a mysterious gunman. Danny, himself maneuvered to the crime scene, is quickly fingered as the prime suspect. When incriminating documents are found in his files, he's removed from the force and about to be indicted. Going to the Internal Affairs Division in a downtown skyscraper to confront his accuser (an overbearing investigator played by the late, great J.T. Walsh, who deserved a better send-off), he gets in a hysterical scuffle, grabs another cop's pistol and takes hostages. He knows the drill: A negotiator will be assigned to him. He trusts nobody in his own precinct, so he requests an outsider: No. 1 West Side talker Chris Sabian (Spacey). Upon taking over the phone, Chris begins to wonder why so many people are so eager to kill Danny and why the momentum toward violent solution is so difficult to resist. There are enough SWAT cops around to save Private Ryan. (The film makes a strong but inadvertent point about the militarization of the police, and the way each town now fields its own commando unit.) Director F.

Gary Gray is so in love with SWAT culture that you suspect he longs to be a sniper or the primary entry guy in the Kevlar body armor and helmet and the MP5 with the laser aimer. But the cop he needed for the script was much less glamorous: a traffic cop. Gray has a lot of trouble with pedestrian management. Seemingly a siege story, the film is really spread over several locations  the downtown building, the command center, a bad cop's house  and so he's got to keep clumsily shunting people hither, thither and yon until the movie resembles a 10K walk. People are always getting in and out by unseen elevators or ducts just when it's most convenient. The film misuses both its stars: Each is at full pitch of brilliance when playing somebody with edge, with intelligence or cunning beaming from behind sly eyes. You can always feel their minds working. But here, as conventional straight-up action heroes, each seems a little lost among the red herrings and all the machine guns.

Jackson always seems petulant and victimized and semi-hysterical, while Spacey never convinces as a tough guy, and when he's asked to run into the building (another traffic problem), he looks like Oliver Hardy chasing Stan Laurel. Someone should have negotiated a deal with the scriptwriters on this one.

Question: Who starred as Lieutenant Danny Roman in the 1998 film ‘The Negotiator’?
Answer: Samuel L Jackson