Hostage
Ben Foster, Bruce Willis, Jimmy Bennett
A police officer is wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator. When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, he must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by...( read more
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DVD Released: February 13, 2007
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December 31, 2008"I'm your brother! So you gotta choose. Me, or Mars?
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"Hostage" was Bruce Willis' rise back to the A-class of action movie stars. Directed by Florent Siri, this movie was one of the better action movies of 2005.
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December 22, 2008Great movie with many complex twists to the plot. Tally (Bruce Willis) is a former hostage negotiator who has changed jobs to get away from the guilt of losing two hostages in his last job. He is now chief of police in a small town. He gets a call to an accountant's house, where ... ...( read more )
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December 7, 2008Bit of a mess of an adaptation of Robert Crais' book. Eh, at least Crais got paid. The rest of us can't say that.
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November 17, 2008Willis isn't so much Die Hard as he is Try Hard. A cop who no longer wants all the action that comes with a job. Shame then that his peaceful existence is shattered by a hostage situation gone bad. The film's core is then interestingly split by the arrival of a second plot. Bruce... ...( read more )
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June 19, 2009A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.
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March 11, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
March 11, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Speaking of torture, if you dig it, by all means lock yourself up for two hours with Hostage, which begins by administering electric shocks to your viscera and keeps upping the voltage. full review
March 11, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Willis plays a man with a past whose nightmare returns when a hostage drama reopens old wounds, blah, blah, blah... full review
March 11, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Willis, who feels like a resident of action thrillers, not a visitor, dials down here into a man of fierce focus and private motives. full review
March 11, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The script is clever without ever being smart, the violence is showy but not cathartic, and the performances are, to put it kindly, a mixed bag. full review
March 5, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A Heaven Can Wait DVD figures prominently in Hostage, but there's more hellfire than wit or romance in Florent Siri's thriller. full review
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September 30, 2007Guys, You really have to see this movie. It's more than just an action movie..It was awesome. I love the story..To see is to believe.Watch it on DVD..ok
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October 28, 2006any 1 who thinks this is a horror movie is freaking demented its clearly a crime action thriller
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June 4, 2006HOSTAGE IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER SO MANY HOT GUYS <3 HAHA, ANYWAYS I LOVE YOU MARSHALL ALLMAN, AND ROBERT KNEPPER, AND BEN FOSTER, AND BRUCE WILLIS(MAGINE)
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