Metro (1997 film)

Metro is a 1997 action-comedy film about a wisecracking hostage negotiator. When his friend and fellow police officer is assassinated by a dangerous jewel thief, he is prepared to do just about anything to bring the killer to justice.
 * Directed by Thomas Carter. Written by Randy Feldman.

San Francisco's top police hostage negotiator is about to get more than he ever bargained for.taglines

Inspector Scott Roper

 * [on watching a foreign film] My eyes still hurt from reading that movie.
 * [seeing the old red truck provided by the police department] Aww. C'mon, man! Who am I? Red Foxx? I can't roll in that shit!

Michael Korda

 * You know, there's a saying in Naples: When you think you're fucking them, they're fucking you.

Dialogue

 * Kevin: I've got two words for you: seek help.
 * Scott: And I've got two words for you: exacta.


 * Scott: [trying to open an impound car, talking about his ex-girlfriend] She's going out with some baseball player called Greg Barnett.
 * Sam: Damn that boy can hit... and throw... and run...
 * Scott: [pissed off at Sam's comments] Damn... why don't you just get some pom poms and start yelling Greg... Greg... Greg. Fuck him!


 * Scott: Okay, stop right there. Close your eyes.
 * Kevin: Okay.
 * Scott: Tell me what you see.
 * Kevin: I see a scumbug behind the counter with a sawed-off. Nine-millimeter tucked away in his waistband. There's a female hostage down in front of the cereal rack... with a red polka-dot dress. Another hostage three feet to her right, with blue jeans and a checkered shirt. A male hostage down, green shirt, white pants, in front of the candy rack. There's a female scumbug behind me with a gun tucked away in her shirt... trying to pass herself off as a hostage. And there's a special on toilet paper, 4 for $1.29. That's a lot of toilet paper.

Taglines

 * San Francisco's top police hostage negotiator is about to get more than he ever bargained for.
 * Life is a negotiation.

Cast

 * Eddie Murphy - Insp. Scott Roper
 * Kim Miyori - Detective Kimura
 * Art Evans - Lt. Sam Baffett
 * James Carpenter - Officer Forbes
 * Michael Rapaport - Kevin McCall
 * Carmen Ejogo - Veronica "Ronnie" Tate
 * Michael Wincott - Michael Korda
 * Donal Logue - Earl