A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.
16 October 1968, Monticello, New York, USA
30 December 1966
7 July 1971, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
7 September 1966, Mountain View, California, USA
30 July 1947, Orange, Connecticut, USA
15 March 1962, North Carolina, USA
25 January 1975, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 October 1945, Houston, Texas, USA
28 January 1936, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
20 February 1930, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1973
18 November 1979, Saratov, Saratovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
7 April 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 October 1927, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
16 September 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 01, 2000
The weak material is unenthusiastically played by Dustin Hoffman and downright badly handled by John Travolta...
May 23, 2007
Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
July 08, 2005
...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.
August 21, 2006
This simplistic and obvious expose about the manipulative power of the news media (lazily acted by Travoilta and Hoffman) is so familiar that it's not going to upset or provoke anyone.
December 05, 2004
'The media are vultures' is the prevailing point here, and it is not expressed in the most original or interesting of ways.
January 01, 2000
The actors tried too hard to make something out of nothing.
January 01, 2000
A wanna-be event movie that merely reinvents the wheel.
July 14, 2003
Compelling analysis of the modern media. Somewhat obvious, but still works.
