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A police detective finds that looking into a murder is anything but routine when one of the suspects is the President of the United States. When the nude and bloodied corpse of an attractive woman is ... read more read more...found in a bathroom at the White House, Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes), a top detective with the Washington D.C. police force, is assigned to investigate. However, Regis soon learns that the Secret Service, headed by Nick Spikings (Daniel Benzali), is launching their own investigation, and they want Regis to stay out of their way. While Alvin Jordan (Alan Alda), National Security Advisor to President Jack Neil (Ronny Cox), intervenes in Regis' favor, it becomes obvious that no one wants him poking his nose into a case in which the suspects include both the President and his ill-tempered son Kyle (Tate Donovan). Eventually, Regis finds an ally in Nina Chance (Diane Lane), a member of the Secret Service's team, while the President tries to fend off the investigation in the midst of an international crisis. Comedian Dennis Miller also appears as Regis' partner Stengel. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Dwight H. Little, Alan Alda, Dwight Little, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Diane Lane, Ronny Cox, Wesley Snipes

Release Date: April 18, 1997

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DVD Release Date: August 28, 1997

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  • TheGame90
    November 29, 2010
    TheGame90
    Pretty average 90's action movie. Wesley is okay...but he should stick to playing badass badguys
  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    A tame thriller that is a little far from thrilling!
  • superclerk25
    January 27, 2007
    superclerk25
    I liked this one. A little action and a good mystery.
  • deano
    November 13, 2006
    deano
    Good mystery thrill-packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents and daring action sequences as I like Wesley Snipes' heroic character in this film.
  • EbertsLittleApprentice
    October 20, 2009
    EbertsLittleApprentice
    A Brainless, Pointless action thriller, that suprisingly doesn't star "Stallone, Willis, or Crowe"
  • thirdway821
    October 18, 2010
    thirdway821
    I liked this one even if it was filled with serious plot holes and such. The pure cheesy fiction held my attention, with good characters. Swell.
  • acenate
    January 1, 2009
    acenate
    Bad movie is bad. I mean, I like Wesley Snipes, but this simply fails at fostering any sort of sense of suspense and is ultimately predictable. Plus it bends and creates plot points at its convenience which just undermines the viewer's involvement with the movie since there's no ... read morerhyme or reason as to what is important and what will just be deus exed away.
  • JimG944
    October 21, 2009
    JimG944
    3 of 5 stars for the drama movie Murder at 1600. A solid good movie richly photographed. The story opens with a murder in the White House. When the local police arrive the "coverup" starts. The local police detective is played by one of my favorite actors Wesley Snipes. As the in... read morevestigation progresses, we start learning of missing information and false leads. On the surface, it looks like an odd murder; deeper we learn that it is a plot to ultimately force the president to resign. So the movie is interesting with several surprises and plot twists. My only complaint is that it is a long movie considering its contents. I could probably cut 30 minutes from it and make it move faster; each scene is about 10 seconds longer than it needs to be. Good direction, weak editing in post-production. OK, so I do like this movie and I do recommend it.
  • bizzyjb
    August 2, 2008
    bizzyjb
    I actually saw this, and then months later it came out on video, and I was like "have...I seen this?...weird. Must have been good.
  • phantopp
    July 29, 2008
    phantopp
    After stopping a former government worker from committing suicide on a public street, Washington, DC police detective "Regis" (Wesley Snipes) and his partner, "Detective Stengel" (Dennis Miller) are relaxing at a local bar when "Regis" gets a call on his cell phone to have him re... read moreport to the White House, where a gorgeous woman (Mary Moore) was found stabbed to death in a public bathroom.

    "Detctive Regis" is paired up by Secret Service agent, and Olympic Sharpshooting Gold Medalist "Nina Chance" (Dianne Lane).

    Eventually, with the evidence they uncover, the two believe that the murder is a small part of a bigger picture surrounding American hostages in North Korea. They are also believe that a member of the First Family itself is the prime suspect until new evidence is uncovered that shows that the family member is just a pawn in the much bigger picture.

    Now wanted by Federal authorities themself, "Regis" and "Chance" have to go after the real murderer and stop "President Jack Neil" (Ronny Cox) from resigning.

    Let me start off by saying there is a major mistake in this movie. As you know, the White House is Federal property. Because of this fact, the investigation would automatically go to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Washington, DC Police Department would never be part of the investigation.

    There are some pretty good performances in this movie. I personally thought the strongest performances were from Snipes, Lane (who I honestly thought was Ashley Judd because I didn't pay attention to the opening credits) and especially Alda. Other actors in the movie had to deal with weakly written characters.

    In fact, the entire script was pretty weak. However, there are some really good twists in the story that keeps your attention. The only problem with the twists is that they don't allow the audience to keep guessing til the end. Instead, they start giving you the truth without it being revealed by "Regis" and "Agent Chance" to the audience. Actually, some of the truth is revealed by them. Then, we see those behind the conspiracy doing what they have to to stop the two.

    You'd expect a lot of gun play in this movie, considering who is involved. However, there really isn't until the two leads are considered suspects. Only then do we have bullets flying. In fact, there is more hand-to-hand action than gun action.

    One thing that isn't quite clear is why the conspirators are doing what they are doing. It is pretty obvious that they want to bring the hostages home, but trying to destroy a Presidency in the way they try is not all that clear.

    There is a lot of implausible things in this movie. For example, the FBI being used to cover-up the truth is a little hard to believe. And using local police in an investigation on Federal property is a big mistake that somebody, possibly the author of the novel of which this movie is based upon, made. However, despite these flaws, it would still be a pretty good rental. Or, you can I suggest you check this out when you catch the movie on television.

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Critic Reviews

Susan Wloszczyna
January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

Murder is a fairly diverting game of whodunit, like a big-screen version of Clue, until it sinks into routine thriller antics and wraps up preposterously.

Michael Dequina
October 3, 2005
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

If this sounds like a by-the-numbers, formulaic government conspiracy thriller, it is. Full Review

Tony Medley
July 9, 2005
Tony Medley, tonymedley.com

Not bad but not great

Nick Schager
June 20, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

About as mysterious as a loaf of bread. Full Review

Clint Morris
September 19, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Wesley Snipes is in top form. A top-notch action thriller.

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Emanuel Levy
March 26, 2009
Emanuel Levy, Variety

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Jeff Strickler
November 6, 2002
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

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June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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April 12, 2002
Globe and Mail

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