Bruce Willis und Denzel Washington kämpfen in diesem explosiven Action-Thriller gegen fanatische Terroristen, die ganz New York in Panik versetzen.
Als ein überfüllter Bus in Brooklyn explodiert und weitere brutale Terror-Anschläge eine blutige Spur in den Strassen von New York hinterlassen, beginnt für Special-Agent "Hub" Hubbard (Washington) die fieberhafte Suche nach den Attentätern. Im Kampf gegen die skrupellose Terrorbande verhängt die Regierung über ganz New York den Ausnahmezustand und somit das Kriegsrecht. Tausende von Soldaten patroullieren schwerbewaffnet und kampfbereit durch die Straßen. Sie alle stehen unter dem Kommando des tyrannischen Generals Devereaux (Willis), der durch seinen zerstörerischen Fanatismus eine unvorstellbare Katastrophe auslöst...
Edward Zwick (Glory, Mut zur Wahrheit) inszenierte einen knallharten und zugleich intelligenten Action-Thriller, der garantiert jeden Adrenalinspiegel nach oben schnellen läßt.
| Denzel Washington | Anthony Hubbard |
| Annette Bening | Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger |
| Bruce Willis | General William Devereaux |
| Tony Shalhoub | Frank Haddad |
| Sami Bouajila | Samir Nazhde |
| Ahmed Larby | Sheik Achmed Bin Talal |
| Ahmed Ben Larby | Sheik Ahmed Bin Talal |
| Mosleh Mohamed | Muezzin |
| Lianna Pai | Tina Osu |
| Liana Pai | Tina Osu |
| Mark Valley | Mike Johanssen |
| Jack Gwaltney | Fred Darius |
| David Proval | Danny Sussman |
| Lance Reddick | Floyd Rose |
| Jeremy Knaster | INS Official |
| William Hill | INS Uniform |
| Aasif Mandvi | Khalil Saleh |
| Frank DiElsi | Officer Williams |
| Wood Harris | Officer Henderson |
| Ellen Bethea | Anita |
| David Costabile | Fingerprint Expert |
| Glenn Kessler | Fiber Expert |
| Jeffrey Allan Waid | Video Agent |
| Jeffrey Waid | Video Agent |
| Tom McDermott | Phone Bank Agent |
| Sherry Ham-Bernard | Hub's Secretary |
| Joseph Hodge | Landlord |
| Joey Naber | Rashad |
| Said Faraj | Yousuf |
| Alex Dodd | Ali |
| Jacqueline Antaramian | Najiba Haddad |
| Helmi Kassim | Frank Haddad. Jr. |
| Ghoulam R. Rasoully | Frank Jr.'s Teacher |
| Ghoulam Rasoully | Frank Haddad Jr.'s Teacher |
| Ali Afshar | Ali Wiziri, #87 Bus Bomber (as Alex Dodd) |
| Joseph Badalucco, Jr. | EMT |
| Joseph Badalucco Jr. | EMT |
| Diana Naftal | Injured Woman |
| Ben Shenkman | Kaplan, INS |
| Barton Tinapp | Mayoral A.A. |
| Neal Jones | NYPD Representative |
| Donna Hanover | District Attorney |
| Hany Kamal | Arab Spokesman |
| Chip Zien | Chief of Staff |
| Dakin Matthews | Senator Wright |
| John Rothman | Congressman Marshall |
| John Cox | Speaker Of The House |
| John Henry Cox | Speaker Of The House |
| E. Kerr | Attorney General |
| E. Katherine Kerr | Attorney General |
| Jimmie Ray Weeks | Army General |
| Jimmie Weeks | Army General |
| Will Lyman | FBI Director |
| Ray Godshall | CIA Director |
| Victor Slezak | Colonel Hardwick |
| Chris Messina | Corporal |
| Gilbert Rosales | Mechanic |
| Amro Salama | Tariq Husseini |
| Jim Shankman | ACLU Lawyer |
| Matt Servitto | Journalist #1 |
| Jourdan Fremin | Journalist #2 |
| Susie Essman | Protest Speaker |
| Anjua Warfield-Maximo | March Organizer |
| Jeff Beatty | FBI Undercover Agent |
| Rory Aylward | Lieutenant |
| Graham J. Larson | FBI Agent |
| Arianna Huffington | Capitol Week Pundit |
| Robert Scheer | Capitol Week Pundit |
| Graham Larson | FBI Agent |
| Matt Miller | Capitol Week Pundit |
| John F. Beard | Newscaster |
| Stan Brooks | Newscaster |
| John Beard | Newscaster |
| Alex Chadwick | Newscaster |
| Epi Colon | Newscaster |
| Judy de Angelis | Newscaster |
| Luis Jiminez | Newscaster |
| Sean Hannity | Newscaster |
| Ronald Kuby | Newscaster |
| Daniel Schorr | Newscaster |
| Curtis Sliwa | Newscaster |
| Luis Jimenez | Newscaster |
| Susan Stamberg | Newscaster |
| Mary Alice Williams | Newscaster |
| Peter Schindler | Executive Producer |
| Mary Williams | Newscaster |
| Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Steven Rosenblum | Film Editor |
| Graeme Revell | Composer |
| Allan Byer | production sound mixer |
| Lon E. Bender | Sound Designer |
| Mike Akrawi | Terrorist (uncredited) |
| Anthony Batarse | Terrorist (uncredited) |
| Paul Massey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Buzz Cartier | Concentration Camp Detainee (uncredited) |
| D. M. Hemphill | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Scott Charles | Fireman (uncredited) |
| Neal Anderson | Sound Editor |
| Christian Chase | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Bill Clinton | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
