I’ve forever loved director Ed Zwick’s films. The Civil Warfare drama Gloriole is 1 of my all time favorite pictures. Legends of the Fall and Bravery Under Fire were besides beautiful pieces of exercise. Enter The Siege, the third quislingism between Zwick and thespian Denzel Washington D.C..
In The Siege, several terrorist acts of the Apostles transpire in New House of York City forcing F.B.I. agent Washington to take activity. Bruce Thomas Willis is a blow-hard U. S. Army officer wHO is arranged by the President to identify and eliminate the terrorists. The film has come under attack for it’s portrayal of the Arabic community, which is absolutely ridiculous. The point of the movie is obvious - the real enemy is us. Zwick and his screenwriters actually go out of their way to make this apparent. Regular one of the films heroes, played by Tony Shalhoub from TV’s Wings, is Arabic. In fact, he’s genuinely the best part of the flick.
Unfortunately the movie reached a point where I didn’t buy into what was happening. It never felt material or threatening. It is also predictable and replete of cliches. Washington is solid as always, just not enough to sweep over the bogged-down screenplay. Annette Bening is also along for the ride and I was surprised by how annoyance her character was. Willis is completely forgettable in an super underwritten role.
Zwick has done a good task putting the film unitedly. It looks sharp, just doesn’t add up to much. In the end The Siege isn’t a really unsound movie, only it is a far cry from the director’s earlier films.