Eddie murphy plays a hostage negotiator who meets his match in a psycho killer who murdered his best friend on the police. With eddie murphy, jeff goldblum, kelly preston, robert loggia. Lillian laney, a telephone operator, and charles edward murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. Eddie murphy is dynamite in dolemite movies detroit. The american actor, singer, writer, musician and comedian made his movie debut in the 1982 film 48 hours for which he got a. All rights go to touchstone and walt disney pictures. 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 ropers best.
Eddie murphy plays scott roper, a fasttalking, wisecracking, ontheedge hostage negotiator whose offbeatbutwinning style has made him. Eddie murphy, star of the new film metro, heads into the mann chinese theatre with his wife nicole for the premiere of the film wednesday, jan. The 10 best eddie murphy movies, ranked cinemablend. Press photo eddie murphy and co stars in the new action. Eddie murphy plays a hostage negotiator who meets his match in a psycho killer who murdered his best friend on the police force.
The last adult action flick from mr murphy before he plunged into the childrens tv period of his dwindling career, its not a stunning action film but its certainly a pretty good attempt. His career as a comedian would be impressive enough, but his career as an actor is nothing short. The film also features special appearances by luther vandross, sinbad, naughty by nature, cypress hill, and big daddy kane. Nominated golden globe award for new star of the year actor.
The meteor man is a 1993 american superhero comedy film written by, directed by, coproduced by and starring robert townsend with supporting roles by marla gibbs, eddie griffin, robert guillaume, james earl jones, bill cosby, and another bad creation. One of the reasons why eddie murphy choose to star in metro is because he wanted to play serious and dramatic role in more serious action film than his previous. Eddie murphy busted with transsexual prostitute in 1997. Eddie murphy stars as an overthetop television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes america by storm. Murphy plays an unorthodox hostage negotiator for the san francisco police department on the trail of the criminal who killed his partner.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of metro. Released 1997, metro stars eddie murphy, michael rapaport, michael wincott, carmen ejogo the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Eddie murphy and arsenio hall begin filming coming. Eddie murphy confirms rumors and stories about prince, ghostbusters and more duration. Eddie murphy as a hostagenegotiator is such a nobrainer that youd swear this would be made before 97. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by. Eddie regan murphy was born on april 3, 1961, in brooklyn, new york. In touchstone picturescaravan pictures new actioncomedy, metro eddie murphy stars as the san francisco police departments top hostage negotiator scott roper and michael rapaport is kevin mccall, a swat team sharp shooter who is recruited to learn the ropes of arbitration from roper. Not in metro, which pays its respects to the other action movies such as beverly hills cop that helped make eddie murphy what he is today. By all accounts, metro aims to be more serious, even including a gialloesque murder and whilst murphy has somewhat of a.
With his unorthodox ways of mediation, scott roper murphy is the number one peacemaker in the metro division of the san francisco police department. Metro 1997 a hostage negotiator teams up with a sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief. I have a huge love for the beverly hills copseries and as this another vehicle for murphy to show some more dramatic chops, i have some fond feelings for this one. Metro script transcript from the screenplay andor eddie. Murphy has always been a good talker, and he has fun with some of this dialogue. A hostage negotiator teams up with a sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief. From a regular on saturday night live 19942000 to an academy award nomination, eddie murphy has indeed come a long way. Eddie murphy stars as scott roper, a fast talking, wisecracking, hostage negotiator in the san francisco police department in touchstone picturescaravan pictures actioncomedy metro.
While scott is trying to win back his girlfriend, ronnie tate carmen ejogo. See more ideas about eddie murphy, eddie murphy movies and movies. Eddie murphy is at his best, hes never been better or funnier. Metro is an actionsuspense film from the year 1997 scott roper eddie murphy is a san francisco police negotiator with a gambling addiction and an ailing relationship with his exgirlfriend veronica. Eddie murphy insists hes over the moon with how coming to america 2 connects with 30yearold original as fans tell him dont fk it up. And of course, murphy is always fun to watch and can deliver even the shittiest of lines to a higher rate than theyre worth. He is also saddled with new partner kevin mccall, whom he is. Metro 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Metro is a 1997 american action comedy thriller film which was directed by thomas carter, produced by roger birnbaum, and starring eddie murphy as scott. He spent his early years in the projects of bushwick with his father, charles, a new york city police officer and.
Eddie murphy has squandered his gifts on too many misconceived movies, but it is still difficult to discern how he was roped into the highspeed vacuum called metro. The following is the filmography for the american actor, voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, author, songwriter and singer, eddie murphy that includes his work in film and television. He becomes personally involved with a dangerous criminal michael korda michael wincott when his friend sam is killed by him. In dolemite is my name, eddie murphy makes a welcome return to comedic relevance after a decade of wandering in the wastelands on a selfimposed exile to the realm of tepid, familyfriendly pap. San francisco hostage negotiator scott roper eddie murphy is partnered with rookie kevin mccall michael rapaport. After his father died, his mother married vernon lynch, a foreman at a breyers ice cream plant. Eddie murphy and arsenio hall have been pictured arriving in georgia, as they start filming the sequel to the 1988 classic coming to america. Metro 1997 trailer eddie murphy michael rapaport youtube. Metro stars eddie murphy in a muscular, energetic performance as roper, a star hostage negotiator for the san francisco police department. Eddie murphy opens up on coming to america 2 metro news. Another eddie murphy action vehicle that pales in comparison to hits like beverly hills cop, this standard cop movie fare still manages to be engaging on the strength of murphys ease in front of a camera. Edward regan murphy was born april 3, 1961 in brooklyn, new york, to lillian lynch born. Finally, the metro script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the eddie murphy movie. It is directed by thomas carter, and produced by roger birnbaum.
With eddie murphy, michael rapaport, kim miyori, art evans. Now teaming up with michael rappaport who turns out to be the perfect backup partner, its all about to come full speed ahead. Metro is a 1997 american actioncomedy film starring eddie murphy, michael rapaport, michael wincott, and art evans. Eddie murphy plays scott roper, a fasttalking, wisecracking, ontheedge hostage negotiator whose offbeatbutwinning style has made him san franciscos top. Press photo eddie murphy and co stars in the new action comedy movie metro this is an original press photo. Ace police hostage negotiator scott roper eddie murphy is assigned to train rookie kevin mccall michael rapaport in the finer points of his craft. Hes the guy who walks unarmed into the bank where the robber is holding a gun to a hostages head and gets the guy talking. Eddie murphy celebrity profile check out the latest eddie murphy photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Its no masterpiece, but if you hose the shit that everyone has sprayed on metro off and you havent seen it, give it a chance. Eddie murphy insists hes over the moon with how coming to america 2 connects with 30yearold original as fans tell him dont fk it up mel evans tuesday 10 dec 2019 8. Eddie murphy was his first album, released in 1982. Since april, the cast and crew of metro, starring eddie murphy, have been in town making a movie about a san francisco police inspector who specializes in hostage negotiations.
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