Mad City
1997
**
Director: Costa Gavras
Cast: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda, William Atherton
Costa Gavras' satire raises some interesting questions about how media abuses its power but the points are all pretty obvious, yet they're hammered home without a hint of subtlety. John Travolta is not convincing as a sweet simpleton who accidentally takes a group of children hostage.
