Advantages: Wesley Snipes Disadvantages: A bit predictable
After a woman is discovered murdered in the toilets at the White House, tough talking Washington police detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is assigned to the case. Struggling to break through the barriers placed in his way by the White House's head of the Secret Service, Spikings (Daniel Benzali), Regis finds his every move shadowed by one of his agents, Nina Chance (Diane Lane). But when a White House cleaner is suddenly charged with the murder, ... ...cover a much darker truth. For a film which is such a stereotypical/ paint it by numbers cop thriller, I really like "Murder at 1600". Nearly everything about the film is completely predictable from the hard nosed cop, to the Secret Service shadow; even the scenes could have been picked out of any other film from this genre and placed in order to make this film. The one resounding fact that makes this film rise from predictable mediocrity is that ...
christianfilmcritic 11.04.2008
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Advantages: A spiky conspiracy thriller which has a real edginess to it Disadvantages: Starts slowly
This is a sit down and enjoy movie. The start of the film and the setting up of demarcation lines between a police investigation and Secret Service responsibility following the discovery of a body at the White House is a little bit slow but the detail is necessary to lay the foundations for what lies ahead.
I like Wesley Snipes as an actor and he plays the lead Police role in the film. He has just the right amount of edge and push to the character ... ...cornerstone which makes the movie work.
With possible white house family involvement, missing video footage this has all the twists which you would expect from a film of this sort, but the whole rises above the average due to an outstanding performance from Wes Snipes and another by Daniel Benzali as the head of the Secret Service detail in the White House.
The ending has an unexpected twist to it that adds to the overall good experience. I have ...
workangel 22.03.2006
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