The Negotiator

“He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.”

Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) talks hostage-takers out of buildings for a living, until his partner is murdered and the evidence points at him. Convinced he's been framed, he seizes the Internal Affairs offices and demands that a stranger, Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), be brought in to negotiate. F. Gary Gray gives Roman one night inside those rooms to find the proof that clears him, and if he's wrong, the hostages and his own life go with it.