Hostage 2005

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 109 min

genre: action

theme: stag

director: Florent-Emilio Siri

Score: 6 / 10

Hostage is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Florent Siri from the screenplay by Doug Richardson. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Robert Crais. The film stars Bruce Willis (who co-produced the film), Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, and Jonathan Tucker and follows the police chief who takes place as the negotiator when the family of a wealthy accountant is held hostage by three teenagers. The film earned negative reviews from critics and grossed $77 million.

Plot

Former L.A. SWAT officer Jeff Talley is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. One day, Talley negotiates with an abusive man who has taken his own wife and son hostage after learning his wife was cheating on him. Shortly after Talley denies a SWAT commander's request to give snipers the order to open fire, the despondent husband kills his wife, son, and himself. Traumatized, Talley moves with his family and becomes police chief in Bristo Camino, a suburban hamlet in nearby Ventura County.

Cast

More details

author	Doug Richardson
contentLocation	California
director	Florent-Emilio Siri
editor	Olivier Gajan Richard Byard
genre	action crime drama thriller
keywords	attack cheat criminal syndicate dvd encrypt encryption fbi fbi agent federal bureau of investigation hatred hear held captive hostage negotiator hostage situation immolates himself injured kill l.a. swat lapd swat laundering money learn los angeles molotov cocktail money laundering panic room police chief psychopathic killer self-immolation shoot survive traumatize ventura county sheriff\'s department
musicBy	Alexandre Desplat
producer	Arnold Rifkin Bob Yari Bruce Willis Mark Gordon
productionCompany	Cheyenne Enterprises
publisher	Miramax Films
recordedAt	Malibu
theme	action drama death neo-noir stag