Hostage Movie Review 2005

Burnt-out hostage negotiator (Willis) retreats to the suburbs hoping for calm, only to find himself pulled into the middle of a deadly crisis. Three delinquents take over the house of an underworld accountant (Pollack), whose shadowy employers then kidnap Willis's family, forcing him to retrieve their vital info hidden inside. Very violent, exciting, and grim melodrama with a dizzying number of twists and turns. Ben Foster is memorably sick as the psycho leader of the young thugs.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on DVD
Running time 113 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Drama, Crime Drama, Hostage!, L.A., Police Detectives, Grand Theft Auto

Screenplay

Doug Richardson

Cast

Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Jimmy Bennett, Tina Lifford, Kim Coates, Serena Scott Thomas, Marshall Allman, Michelle Horn, Rob Knepper, Rumer Willis, Marjean Holden, Johnny Messner, Glenn Morshower, Chad Smith

Cinematography

Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci

Director

Florent Emilio Siri

Music

Alexandre Desplat

Other

Peter J. Devlin, Phillip W. Palmer, Richard Glasser, Olivier Gajan, Keith Cunningham, Elisabetta Beraldo, Larry Fulton

Producer

Bruce Willis, Arnold Rifkin, Mark Gordon, Bob Yari, Cheyenne Enterprises, Miramax