Willis' character was a puppet. The true villains were the terrorists and the president for declaring martial law when swore an oath to DEFEND and PROTECT the US Constitution. It would have been cool if they had shown a news reporter talking about impeachment charges on the president.

It is just my opinion but I hated the ending to this movie, I don't think it was thought out well enough.. I mean the terrorists destroyed a whole FBI Building which had many innocent law enforcers inside even killing Anthony Hubbard's friends and colleagues yet he was more interested in the 'unlawful' death of Tariq? Who for all we know may have not been innocent at all? They never tell you the truth about that and the ending just seemed really unsatisfying.

The Prince
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I thought Yank soldiers swear an oath to uphold the US constitution not an oath of allegiance to the president. Therefore he wasn't following orders, he was breaking his oath and denying a US citizen of his constitutional rights. Terrorist or no.

I agree. The Truth is not politically correct but that doesn't make it any less true.

this racist propaganda movie.
How exactly is it a "racist propaganda movie" when less than three years later 9/11 occurred? More like a prophetic movie about the Arab whack-jobs in our midst who enjoy blowing themselves up with as many innocents as possible so they can go home to Allah and 72 virgins (or whatever).
The truth hurts; I understand. So just keep telling yourself the movie's "racist propaganda" when it's more accurate to say that it reflects the obvious truth.
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just a tactic to market this racist propaganda movie.
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I really thought he was really good in here
I do too.
His wasn't a black and white character by any means.. He gave the government what it wanted after clearly warning them they might not like the form of medicine he dished out.
Even at the end when he arguably could have shot it out with the FBI, his saner head prevailed.
That's why Willis probably took the support role; because the character of Deveraux is multi-faceted.

The President told him to do it, he was just following orders. I really thought he was really good in here though. He was just so cold in The Jackal though, killed a guy and went back to his meal, something Denzel would do in American Gangster.
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna *beep* wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

Was Willis character really the Villain or was it the President that ordered Martial Law. Willis character warned them not to do it.

Mortal Thoughts with Demi Moore and Harvey Keitel.

No, Bruce Willis completely sucked in The Jackal. It was a paint-by-numbers throw-away performance. Edward Fox was much better in the 1973 original.

He was bone chilling in The Jackal.
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna *beep* wit' me!" Hudson in Aliens.

As far as I can remember.
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The whole nine yards
The whole ten yards
If he wasn't actually a villain, he was kind of a bad-guy, playing a hitman in all of them.

Bruce Willis is always great, you fool!

I think Bruce hit the mark very well as a professional soldier.
HE warned the civillian Govt. exactly what would happen under martial Law, a suspension of all rights civillians have under the constitution
And then he gave them what he said he would
Even the Huffington wench wanted martial law
Mpst folks don't know what they are asking for in reguards to martial law, which is why it seldom happens
In a world where a carpenter can be resurrected,anything is possible

Like Bruce as an actor but thought he missed the mark BIG TIME in this movie. I don't think he pulls off 'evil' too wellhe wasn't great in the Jackal either.

Hollywoodjust one step away from reality.

bouchkilele: Yes, I thought the same. He was doing what he believed in. He had his methods to protect his country. How does that make him evil? At the end of the day, the terrorists are killing people are they not? A suspect is a suspect, even if it happens to be an innocent looking beautiful girl.

His character might not be a villain by definition, but he's a grade A beep Court-martial awaits his sorry ass. Like we would ever seen such military action against citizens of the USA under a democratic President (Bill Clinton was the President during the time line of this movie) is much more debatable.
The Siege is a good movie, and raises many questions that are just as important today as they were in 1998.

I think one of the fantastic things about this movie is that you can have a completely different view about whether or not Bruce is actually a villain.

Planet Terror
Donny you're out of your element! Dude, the Chinaman is not the issue here!