Murder at 1600

Pros: good casting, writing, not too much focus on shoot 'em up action

Cons: makes it look like the Secret Service does little but cover up for politicians

The Bottom Line: A good movie if you like mystery and suspense. If you're looking for a lot of action, you'll be disappointed.

Review: I've never been a Wesley Snipes fan - he's just not a name that usually will draw me to a film. However, I think he does a great job in the film Murder at 1600. Snipes portrays Washington DC detective Harlan Regis. In the beginning of ...

Pros: Snipes, Lane, Alda, plot twists handled nicely

Cons: Weakly written support cast, implausible plot devices

The Bottom Line: This is not a perfect mystery/thriller, but it's still good. Rent it if your first choice in unavailable.

Review: After stopping a former government worker from committing suicide on a public street, Washington, DC police detective "Regis" (Wesley Snipes) and his partner, "Detective Stengel" (Dennis Miller) are relaxing at a local bar when "Regis" gets a call on his ...

Pros: Suspenseful, great cast, different twist than most Presidential movies on the market

Cons: Characters not built up too much

Review: This is yet another murder/mystery surrounding the president. But, I have to say that I was impressed by this movie.

The movie had a different twist than most of the movies surrounding the President of the United States. Wesley Snipes is a...

Pros: acting, plot, fast paced

Cons: None

Review: With all the problems in the real White House, there is no stretch of the imagination to think that this might actually happen.
The President is having an affair, no wait - its the President's son who is "dating" someone working in the...

Pros: Snipes, Lane, Photography

Cons: Story started good but left the track for some cheap thrills

Review: Murder at 1600 (1997)

This movie has a lot of things going for it, good script (at least at first), good casting, good directing, and good editing.

The film opens, as a lot of cop movies do, with our hero DC Detective Regis (Wesley...

Pros: Original concept to the story; some exciting moments; great performances.

Cons: Many predictable moments; by-the-numbers screenplay; not enough Dennis Miller.

The Bottom Line: This is one of those rare movies you can watch once and be entertained even though you realize how placating it is. Oh well.

Review: Up until the early 1990s, political thrillers used to have a real sense of intelligence and integrity to them. The genre has since morphed into action-driven blockbusters with web-like screenplays because filmmakers assume audiences interpret confusion ...

Pros: Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane; believable plot

Cons: The plot drags

The Bottom Line: The plot has real potential, but how the clues lead to the suspects is somewhat confusing.

Review: As a mystery lover, I thought I would enjoy this movie. A murder in the nation's capital. You can just picture all the officials fighting over jurisdiction. You can figure there would be all kinds of political shenanigans going on. You can figure...

Pros: The Cast

Cons: Very Formulaic and predictable

Review: Murder at 1600 follows your standard conspiracy movie formula: bad things are going on in the government, then someone gets killed, then someone is framed, and then one lone cop has to find the real killer.

But while Murder at 1600 is...