"Unite and fight."

2005

1h 49m

6.2(1243 votes)

Thriller

Action

Adventure

Crime

Overview

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ethan Hawke

Sergeant Jake Roenick

Laurence Fishburne

Marion Bishop

Gabriel Byrne

Captain Marcus Duvall

Maria Bello

Dr. Alex Sabian

Drea de Matteo

Iris Ferry

John Leguizamo

Beck

Brian Dennehy

Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

Ja Rule

Smiley

Currie Graham

Mike Kahane

Aisha Hinds

Anna

Creative team

Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Written by: James DeMonaco
Produced by: Pascal Caucheteux
Jeffrey Silver

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