--- title: 'Metro (1997)' type: 'film' director: 'Thomas Carter' released: '1997-01-01' runtime_minutes: 112 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/metro-1997' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119664/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Metro (1997) 1997 · 112 min · Drama, Action · United States ## Synopsis Metro is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Thomas Carter, written by Randy Feldman, and produced by Roger Birnbaum. It stars Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Carmen Ejogo and Michael Wincott. The plot follows Scott Roper (Murphy), a hostage negotiator and inspector for the San Francisco Police Department who seeks revenge against a psychotic jewel thief, Michael Korda (Wincott), who murdered Roper's best friend. Metro was produced by Touchstone Pictures, Caravan Pictures and Roger Birnbaum Productions and released on January 17, 1997 by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in the United States and grossed $74 million worldwide against a $55 million budget despite negative reviews. ## Credits - **Director:** [Thomas Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-carter) - **Screenplay:** [Randy Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-feldman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Steve Porcaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-porcaro) - **Producer:** [Roger Birnbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-birnbaum) - **Director of Photography:** [Fred Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-murphy) - **Editor:** [Peter E. Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-e-berger) ## Cast - [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) - [Michael Wincott](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wincott) - [Denis Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-arndt) - [Ralph Peduto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-peduto) - [Paul Ben-Victor](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-ben-victor) - [Donal Logue](https://cinepixo.com/people/donal-logue) - [Art Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-evans) - [Carmen Ejogo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-ejogo) - [Michael Rapaport](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rapaport) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/metro-1997 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1858277); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.