Empire City

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Overview

When a hostage crisis erupts inside New York's landmark Clybourn Building, former Navy SEAL turned firefighter Rhett, his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives.

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MadRiver Pictures

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Rhett Westermark

Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell

Dani Westermark

Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick

Hawkins

Mel Jarnson

Mel Jarnson

Leda

Tre Hale

Tre Hale

Michael Beach

Michael Beach

Dominic Bogart

Dominic Bogart

Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy

Jack DiFalco

Jack DiFalco

Kaiwi Lyman

Kaiwi Lyman

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Matthews
Written by: Brian Tucker
S. Craig Zahler
Produced by: Alan Siegel
Marc Butan

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