Murder in the White House

Movie
German title	Murder in the White House
Original title	Murder at 1600
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1997
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Dwight H. Little
script	Wayne Beach , David Hodgin
production	Arnold Kopelson , Arnon Milchan
music	Christopher Young
camera	Steven Bernstein
cut	Leslie Jones , Billy Weber
occupation
Wesley Snipes : Detective Harlan Regis Diane Lane : Agent Nina Chance Daniel Benzali : Agent Nick Spikings Dennis Miller : Detective Steve Stengel Alan Alda : Security Advisor Alvin Jordan Ronny Cox : US President Jack Neil Diane Baker : Kitty Neil Tate Donovan : Kyle Neil Harris Yulin : General Clark Tully Tom Wright : Agent Hal Cooper Nicholas Pryor : Paul Moran Charles Rocket : Jeffrey Arthur Groves Nigel Bennett : Agent Burton Cash Tamara Gorski : ex-girlfriend in bar Douglas O'Keeffe : John Kerry, assassin

Murder in the White House (original title: Murder at 1600 ) is an American thriller from 1997. Directed by Dwight H. Little and written by Wayne Beach and David Hodgin . Wesley Snipes played the main role .

action

In the White House , a young secretary is found murdered. The police officer Harlan Regis is charged with the investigation. First a male cleaner is suspected, later evidence is found that suggests Kyle Neil, the president's son , was the culprit.

The dejected President Jack Neil wants to resign. Regis uncovered a conspiracy led by National Security Advisor Alvin Jordan, who wants to force Neil to resign. Regis breaks into the White House and warns the President in time.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was, along with Absolute Power and The Conspiracy in the Shadows, one of three films that were released within a short time and dealt with conspiracy theories . The film is no worse than the other two, but it is particularly “preposterous”. Berardinelli also criticized that the film contained nothing new.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of April 18, 1997 that the film was well made over long stretches, the characters were "lively" ("vivid"), numerous scenes were "realistic", and some dialogues had a touch of irony . However, he criticized the film as being too much of an action film in the end.

"When Wesley Snipes, as a cop with integrity, with the help of tough Diane Lane as security agent [...] scrapes out the dirt behind the facade of the White House and prevents a state crisis at the last second, that is not excitingly new, but it succeeds with a rarity : a film whose story remains exciting even without a lot of action riot. "

- cinema.de

“Police thriller that is content with routinely setting the mechanisms of the genre in motion. Short-breathed allusions to current contexts fizzle out without any substantive echo. "

- Lexicon of international film

Trivia

• The "1600" in the original film title Murder at 1600 refers to the address of the White House in Washington, DC: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Web links

• Murder in the White House in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Murder in the White House at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Murder in the White House at Metacritic (English)
• White House Murder in the online movie database
• Comparison of the cut versions FSK 12 Pro 7 - FSK 16 of Murder in the White House at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
3. ↑ Murder in the White House on cinema.de
4. ↑ Murder in the White House. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .