At a time of international incident, the body of a young female staffer is found in a White House wash room. Homicide detective Harlan Regis is called in to investigate the murder only to discover the secret service had taken hold of all the evidence for their own investigation. A frustrated Regis becomes suspicious of a cover-up and convinces secret service agent Nina Chance to aid him. The remainder of the plot is spent following Regis and Chance as they uncover the answers as to who is behind the conspiracy and why. Detective Harlan Regis and Secret Service agent Nina Chance are investigating the murder of secretary Carla Town, whose body is found in the White House. Meanwhile there's political crisis in the US as president Jack Neil can not decide whether he should attack North Korea, which is holding US soldiers hostage. The story of murder leads Regis to some dark political secrets and he has to defend the USA and the whole world from danger. Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is a homicide cop, Nina Chance (Diane Lane) is a secret service agent; when a murdered victim is found in the white house they are left trying to piece together the real truth behind the murder, finding plenty of smoke and mirrors that are trying to disguise the truth.<br/><br/>Murder at 1600 is a good solid thriller, with an interesting premise and a strong cast, and even though its an enjoyable ride; it somehow seems to captivate less than it really should. Its still a good way to spend a few hours, but you'll find less here than initially meets the eye.<br/><br/>6/10 This movie opens with a woman having wild crazy sex at The White House . Insert your own favourite Bill Clinton joke here < If she`s having wild crazy sex at The White House then she`s not called Hilary that`s for sure > <br/><br/>No seriously that`s how MURDER AT 1600 starts and I had a sneaking impression this might have been a docudrama on the Clinton administration but the film doesn`t really play out like that . It starts of as a crime drama , then hints it`s going to be a buddy movie , then sort of becomes a political thriller , then ends up as a somewhat ridiculous conspiracy theory thriller , but these subplots never really come together convincingly . It`s entertaining enough I suppose but compared to what was really going on at The White House at the time MURDER AT 1600 is rather lame.<br/><br/>Don`t talk with your mouth full Monica The convoluted plot unfolds mechanically and with little atmosphere as if sex and death in the Oval Office would provide enough gravity on its own. That it doesn't is a sign of mediocre filmmaking as well as a measure of just how cynical the times have become.
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