{"id":9205,"date":"2026-05-29T03:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/?p=9205"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:33:30","slug":"the-negotiator-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/the-negotiator-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"The Negotiator (1998)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41462830\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4706482\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"533\">This week, Shat The Movies heads to Chicago for <em data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"105\">The Negotiator<\/em>, the 1998 hostage thriller that asks a simple question: What happens when the best hostage negotiator in the city takes hostages of his own?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"533\">Starring&nbsp;<span class= \"whitespace-normal\">Samuel L. Jackson<\/span> and <span class= \"whitespace-normal\">Kevin Spacey<\/span> in a battle of wits, the film turns a police corruption investigation into a tense, talk-heavy showdown filled with double-crosses, suspicious cops, and enough flashbangs to outfit a small army.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"1092\">Gene and Big D revisit a late-&#8217;90s thriller that feels like a mashup of <em data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"617\">Die Hard<\/em>, <em data-start=\"619\" data-end= \"633\">The Fugitive<\/em>, and a Chicago tourism commercial gone horribly wrong. The guys debate whether Danny Roman&#8217;s plan is brilliant or completely insane, marvel at the film&#8217;s stacked supporting cast, and discuss why every Chicago movie seems to feature cops making catastrophically bad decisions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"1092\">Along the way, they break down David Morse&#8217;s hard-nosed performance, the film&#8217;s escalating paranoia, and the rare action movie that wins battles with conversation instead of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1316\">Is <em data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1113\">The Negotiator<\/em> an underrated thriller from the golden age of adult action movies, or a wildly implausible conspiracy held together by charisma, shouting, and Samuel L. 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With the city closing in, he turns to another elite negotiator to help expose the truth before time runs out.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"1225\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong>Subscribe Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Android: <a title=\"Android\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/android\/\" rel= \"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/android<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apple\/iTunes: <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel= \"noopener\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/apple<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Help Support the Podcast<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Contact Us: <a href= \"..\/..\/..\/contact\/\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/contact<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Commission Movie: <a href= \"..\/..\/..\/support\/\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/support<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support with Paypal: <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/paypal\" target= \"_blank\" rel= \"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/paypal<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support With Venmo: <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/venmo\" target= \"_blank\" rel= \"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/venmo<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shop Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel= \"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Theme Song &#8211; Die Hard by Guyz Nite: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guyznite\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guyznite<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/41462830\/tdest_id\/4706482\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Shat The Movies heads to Chicago for The Negotiator, the 1998 hostage thriller that asks a simple question: What happens when the best hostage negotiator in the city takes hostages of his own? 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