![]() Dunne plants a tracker on Santoro and follows him to the warehouse just as Hurricane Jezebel strikes the Atlantic City coastline. When Santoro refuses, Dunne has Tyler beat him up, but he still does not give in. Dunne confronts Santoro and confesses that his motive is to prevent any further attacks on US ships, similar to the one where he had to witness several soldiers drown, then offers Santoro one million dollars for Costello's location, where she will be killed, and Santoro would look the other way on the plan. Santoro learns of Dunne's involvement and, despite his initial refusal to believe it, quickly realizes that his childhood friend is indeed the mastermind.Īfter hiding Costello in a warehouse, Santoro inspects the footage of a new floating camera, and discovers proof of Dunne's involvement. However, Dunne learned of her actions and arranged the entire conspiracy to kill both her and Kirkland. She confesses that she is an analyst who worked on the AirGuard tests and discovered that the results of the tests were faked the system failed to work and she tipped off Kirkland to the deception. Both Santoro and Dunne discover this at the same time and give chase, but Santoro reaches her first and takes her into protective custody. Dunne then enlists Tyler by revealing the truth to him.Ĭostello seduces Ned Campbell ( David Anthony Higgins), a sleazy guest at the hotel, so she can hide in his room. He kills the now-blonde Serena and Zietz - the man who signaled Tyler to go down - in order to prevent their further involvement, with the help of his bodyguards. Santoro goes to study surveillance in order to find Serena while, with the help of Powell's security guards, Dunne continues his search for Costello but, once they split up, it is revealed that Dunne is actually the fifth party and mastermind of the conspiracy. He deduces that the sniper, a known Palestinian terrorist named Tariq Rabat, learned of the test and assassinated Kirkland in order to stop the sale of the system to the US government. Dunne confesses that the trip to Norfolk was for a test of the AirGuard missile defense system, which Powell's company was backing. With the involvement of Tyler, Serena and the sniper - in addition to the man who signaled Tyler to go down and whoever gave him the go-ahead - Santoro suspects a conspiracy and reveals everything he has learned to Dunne. Tyler confesses that he threw the fight in order to pay gambling debts, but he was never told that anyone would be killed, and reveals that he was paid to take a dive by Serena, the same woman who tricked Dunne into leaving his post. Santoro becomes suspicious when he notices that the "knocked out" Tyler woke up instantly when the shots rang out, and after studying the fight tape, realizes the knockout punch didn't connect. Despite the lockdown, Costello escapes into the casino, covers her wounds in pieces of cloth from her blouse and after stealing a blue satin jacket, disguises herself as a hooker. ![]() Dunne kills the sniper, and Santoro orders the arena to be locked down. ![]() When Tyler is unexpectedly knocked out by Ruiz, gunshots ring out, mortally wounding Kirkland and grazing Costello, who loses her glasses and blonde wig, revealing her naturally dark hair. As the first round begins, Dunne is distracted by an attractive redhead named Serena ( Jayne Heitmeyer) who wears a ruby ring, and leaves his seat, which is then taken by Julia Costello ( Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman with platinum blonde hair and a white satin suit. He meets up with his best friend since childhood, Kevin Dunne ( Gary Sinise), who is a US Navy Commander working with the Department of Defense to escort Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland ( Joel Fabiani) and Powell at the fight after a trip to Norfolk, Virginia. ![]() It cost an estimated $73 million to produce, returned $103 million worldwide and received mixed to negative responses from critics.Ĭorrupt, flamboyant Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro ( Nicolas Cage) attends a boxing match at Gilbert Powell's ( John Heard) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler ( Stan Shaw) and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. Released in 1998, the film was written by David Koepp and De Palma, and was released to theaters on August 7 of 1998. It starred Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise and Carla Gugino. Snake Eyes is a 1998 conspiracy thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, featuring his trademark use of long tracking shots and split screens.
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