Murder at 1600

Great movie. Cant believe this was made 15 years ago. Amazing that this wasnt a block bluster. Much better than a lot of other movies that got a lot more publicity... Full review

This film is based on a novel by Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. For some reason, she is not given credit here on IMDb for the work that this film is based on.As... Full review

The first hour of this movie was very entertaining, even if it did offer up the normal clichés of the day. It featured good suspense and a likable hero played by Wesley Snipes. I was really enjoying this, but -... Full review

Another Wesley Snipes movie I love! There's lots of action, there's suspense, the story and acting is great (even by Diane Lane which i normally cant stand---Dennis Miller is tolerable eventhough i hate him but hes there for less than 5... Full review

MURDER AT 1600 came near the end of Wesley Snipes' theatrical career, before he went STV, and it is a decent-enough, Canadian-lensed thriller about the discovery of a young woman's brutally murdered body in the White House. Could the president's... Full review

At least the whodunit puzzle left me guessing. But that's the only redeeming quality of this pretentious mystery, set at the White House. A lone, good guy cop (played by Wesley Snipes) goes up against the rich and powerful. Our... Full review

Spoiler here. A beautiful young woman is found murdered in a bathroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (That's the White House.) There is a jurisdictional dispute between the Washington, DC, police force, represented by Wesley Snipes, and the Secret Service, represented... Full review

Very effective thriller that has great pacing, good performances, and a serviceable story. There's nothing really new here, but it's executed very well, so the clich... Full review

-After witnessing a blonde lady get laid pretty good with pictures of former presidents watching we see her dead in a bathroom inside the white house. An investigation soon goes out to find the person responsible for the murder. Detective Harlan... Full review

At first, it appears as though it will be your typical, by-the-numbers political thriller. Then, as the movie progresses, it gets better and better, thanks to a fast pace and lots of exciting action scenes.'Murder at 1600' focuses on the... Full review

An intelligent, intricate and highly entertaining and droll film, Murder at 1600 is the kind of thriller that somehow rarely gets made anymore. That is one thing about Murder at 1600 that works: and in my view, any director (and/or producer) that casts Alan Alda as an evil bastard is already on a winner. ... Full Review

Murder At 1600 is too well assembled to be a total wash-out, but its no success either. These all work well enough on their own unchallenging level indeed, Murder At 1600s finest moments are those that show Snipes impressive skills as a martial arts killing machine but the very nature of the films kick-off suggests we might be getting a whole lot more. ... Full Review

The sequence makes no sense, yet here's the thing about ``Murder at 1600'': Both scenes are pretty good. The movie isn't always logical. There's a nice moment when the detective follows the president's son to a singles joint. ... Full Review

Indeed, the story line is so conventional (evidence linking the first family to the victim is being suppressed), the characters so cliched (the politicians plot, lie and consult the polls while their attendants obstruct justice), the moral calculus so politically correct....the film offers the unintended pleasure of allowing you to feel smarter than everyone in it..... ... Full Review

Snipes seems to have a talent -- even a hunger -- for taking on formulaic roles and giving them everything hes got. Im probably being unduly influenced by "Absolute Power" and "Shadow Conspiracy," two recent movies about the White House which make this movie look like "Citizen Kane. ... Full Review

"Absolute Power." Now, in "Murder at 1600," the president (Ronny Cox) is only briefly a suspect, but it takes the suspense-mongering script by Wayne Beach and David Hodgin most of the movie to let him officially off the hook. That's ... Full Article

By KENNETH TURAN TIMES FILM CRITIC April 18, 1997 Friday April 18, 1997 What with the recent fuss over pricey sleepovers in the Lincoln bedroom and coffee at costs Starbucks would envy, Bill Clinton may think he has White House... ... Full Article

Detective Regis refuses to be set aside, however, and he continues his investigation of the case, hampered only slightly by the fact that he is being tailed, wiretapped, and overheard by sophisticated electronic surveillance. Regis finds an ally in Secret ... Full Article

A police detective finds that looking into a murder is anything but routine when one of the suspects is the President of the United States. ... Full Article

Are we really supposed to believe that somebody inside the White House has the smarts to pull off a murder inside the place but can't seem to off a cop and a female Secret Service agent who are running around... ... Full Article