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  • 1997
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary Murder inside the White House! Who did it -- and why? That's what a hardnosed D.C. homicide cop (Snipes) and hair-triggered Secret Service agent (Lane) uncover in this mystery packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents, daring action and an overseas crisis that could blow at any instant. (Warner Bros.)

Directed By: Dwight H. Little

Written By: Wayne Beach, David Hodgin

  • 1997
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 47 m

Murder at 1600

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 48 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Murder inside the White House! Who did it -- and why? That's what a hardnosed D.C. homicide cop (Snipes) and hair-triggered Secret Service agent (Lane) uncover in this mystery packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents, daring action and an overseas crisis that could blow at any instant. (Warner Bros.)

Directed By: Dwight H. Little

Written By: Wayne Beach, David Hodgin

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24% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
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6% Negative
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As directed by Dwight Little ("Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home," a morph of "The Day of the Dolphin" and "Lassie Come Home"), the tension-to-action sequences unspool efficiently.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
63
A lot of Murder at 1600 is well -done. Characters are introduced vividly,; there's a sense of realism in the White House scenes, and some of the dialogue by Wayne Beach and David Hodgin hits a nice ironic note. But then the movie kicks into auto - pilot. The last third of the film is a ready-made action movie plug-in.
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Came
Aug 19, 2019
This film is descent and interesting several times, the action scenes are good and both lead actors put on good performances.
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60
Starring Wesley Snipes as the suave Regis, Murder at 1600 is the modern equivalent of the routine B-picture, diverting in a small potatoes kind of way, though its budget and stars are big league.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
50
It desperately wants to be a paranoid political thriller, but this cobbled-together collection of corruption-on-Capitol Hill and cop movie cliches is so implausible that it's hard to care about any of the conspiratorial cover-ups and counter cover-ups.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
There's hardly a single aspect of this motion picture that seems more than superficially credible, and if the United States government is really run in the Keystone Cops manner depicted in Wayne Beach and David Hodgin's script, then this country is in a great deal more trouble than anyone suspects.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
40
The best thing about Murder at 1600? Speed of exposition. Directed by Dwight Little, who made Steven Seagalís "Marked for Death," this thing whizzes from one unbelievable story point to the next. Your suspension of disbelief appreciates the momentum, if nothing else.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
20
By violating the law of show-don't-tell, the already shaky Murder At 1600 is lost beyond hope of redemption.
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MovieGuys
Apr 20, 2014
Murder at 1600 may involve the White House (which usually produces some very effective political thrillers), but don't be fooled; this is just some very good-looking trash with some stars to glamorize it even more. And yet just the same, it's mildly entertaining.
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timone
Sep 9, 2020
When I first thought about this is going to be exciting like many action films you see today, and when I think about it after I've seen it I'm thinking "Mmm, it doesn't have a lot of action in it but still." My thoughts on it is that the film is mediocre. A secretary woman, Carla Town, is murdered in the White House and it is up to Homicide detective Harlan Regis, played by Wesley Snipes, to investigate the conspiracy while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance, played by Diane Lane. Yeah, that's all I can do about this. Nothing more to say about this. It's a pretty forgettable movie.
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Production Company Warner Bros., New Regency Productions, 1600 Limited Partnership, Kopelson Entertainment
Release Date Apr 18, 1997
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating R
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Tagline He's a D.C. cop on the outside. She's a Secret Service agent on the inside. Tracking a White House homicide to the First Family's front door.
Website http://murderat1600.warnerbros.com/
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