Mad City
“One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.”
1997 · 1 h 55 min
Costa-GavrasCast
John Travolta 
Dustin Hoffman 
Alan Alda 
Mia Kirshner 
Robert Prosky 
Blythe Danner
Credits
Written by: Tom Matthews
Plot
A misguided museum guard who loses his job tries to get it back at gunpoint, and is swept up in a ratings-driven TV circus.
Sinekatalog’s take
Costa-Gavras's media satire has a good John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman but a heavy-handed approach.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (22,058 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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