Hostage
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When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Hostage as a clichéd and sadistic thriller, though a minority found it a competently crafted action film elevated by Willis's physical and emotional performance. The divide runs along whether its relentless escalation of threat feels engineered or genuinely gripping.
“In scenes where a hero must outgun four or five armed opponents, however, Hostage does use the reliable action movie technique of cutting from one target to the next, so that we never see what the others are doing while the first ones are being shot. Waiting for their closeups, I suppose.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Florent-Emilio SiriDirector
Bruce WillisJeff Talley
Ben FosterMars Krupcheck
Jonathan TuckerDennis Kelly
Jimmy BennettTommy Smith
Michelle HornJennifer Smith
Marshall AllmanKevin Kelly
Kevin PollakWalter Smith
Rumer WillisAmanda Talley
Robert KnepperWil Bechler
Kim CoatesThe Watchman
Glenn MorshowerLt. Leifitz
Serena Scott ThomasJane Talley
Alexandre DesplatComposerHostage
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Hostage as a clichéd and sadistic thriller, though a minority found it a competently crafted action film elevated by Willis's physical and emotional performance. The divide runs along whether its relentless escalation of threat feels engineered or genuinely gripping.
“In scenes where a hero must outgun four or five armed opponents, however, Hostage does use the reliable action movie technique of cutting from one target to the next, so that we never see what the others are doing while the first ones are being shot. Waiting for their closeups, I suppose.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Florent-Emilio SiriDirectorBruce WillisJeff TalleyBen FosterMars KrupcheckJonathan TuckerDennis KellyJimmy BennettTommy SmithMichelle HornJennifer SmithMarshall AllmanKevin KellyKevin PollakWalter SmithRumer WillisAmanda TalleyRobert KnepperWil BechlerKim CoatesThe WatchmanGlenn MorshowerLt. LeifitzSerena Scott ThomasJane TalleyAlexandre DesplatComposerStream
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