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Metro is a 1997 action comedy drama film directed by Thomas Carter and starring Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, and Michael Wincott.
Synopsis[]
Inspector Scott Roper is considered one of San Francisco's best hostage negotiators. When a deranged jewel thief, who murdered Roper's friend, shows up again, Roper is on the case to take him down with the help of his new partner.
Cast[]
- Eddie Murphy as Inspector Scott Roper
- Michael Rapaport as Inspector Kevin McCall
- Carmen Ejogo as Veronica "Ronnie" Tate
- Michael Wincott as Michael Korda
- Art Evans as Lieutenant Sam Baffert
- Denis Arndt as Captain Frank Solis
- Paul Ben-Victor as Clarence Teal
- Kim Miyori as Inspector Eiko Kimura
- Donal Logue as Earl
- James Carpenter as Officer Forbes
Trivia[]
- Thomas Carter regretted making the film R and felt that it should have been PG-13, believing that it would have been better received. Additionally, he and Murphy wanted the film to have a more dramatic tone, but were forced to make it more comedic. Michael Rapaport corroborated this, explaining how the majority of the dialogue was ad-libbed. Carmen Ejogo was specifically put off at the fact that Murphy didn't seem to care much about the film as a whole, despite him stating years later that he liked the movie.
- The lead was originally offered to Harrison Ford.
Videos[]
Metro 1997 Trailer - Eddie Murphy - Michael Rapaport
