Hostage Movie

Director:
Florent Emilio Siri

Writers (WGA):
Robert Crais (novel)
Doug Richardson (screenplay)

Release Date:
11 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast :
* Bruce Willis – Police Chief Jeff Talley
* Kevin Pollak – Walter Smith
* Jimmy Bennett – Tommy Smith
* Michelle Horn – Jennifer Smith
* Ben Foster – Mars Krupcheck
* Jonathan Tucker – Dennis Kelly
* Marshall Allman – Kevin Kelly
* Serena Scott Thomas – Jane Talley
* Rumer Willis – Amanda Talley
* Kim Coates – The Watchman
* Robert Knepper – Wil Bechler
* Tina Lifford – Deputy Sherrif Laura Shoemaker
* Ransford Doherty – Officer Mike Anders
* Marjean Holden – Officer Carol Flores
* Michael D. Roberts – Bob Ridley
* Art LaFleur – Bill Jorgenson
* Randy McPherson – Kovak
* Hector Luis Bustamante – Officer Ruiz
* Kathryn Joosten – Louise

Original Sound Track :
1. Child's Spirit 1:50
2. Hostage 2:52
3. Canyon Inn 1:48
4. The Watchman 2:47
5. The Waterfall 1:52
6. Crawl Space 1:33
7. Talley's Theme 2:59
8. Drive 1:32
9. Breaking In 4:30
10. The House 2:20
11. Tommy's Theme 1:41
12. The Secret Place 3:29
13. House On Fire 5:33
14. The Negotiation 4:02
15. The Choice 1:21
16. Talley's Plan 2:01
17. Screens And Shades 1:06
18. FBI 1:29
19. Mars' Theme 2:41
20. The Trade 1:54
21. The Killer 1:59
22. Captain Wooba 4:59
23. Talley's Family 2:52
24. Child's Spirit (Extended) 2:31

Plot :
This well-made thriller harkens back to the gritty crime films of the 1970s. Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a traumatized ex-LAPD hostage negotiator whose new career as small town sheriff doesn't turn out to be as restful as he had hoped; a hostage situation breaks out on "low crime Tuesday" and he is thrown right back into the business he knows all too well. Some punk kids have shot a cop and are holed up in a local mansion inhabited by crooked accountant Walter Smith (Kevin Pollak), his two kids, and a lot of surveillance cameras. Walter's young son (Jimmy Bennett) escapes his bonds and reports to Talley from the air shafts via his sister's cell phone. The sister--a Goth teen played by Michelle Horn--draws the romantic attention of Mars (Ben Foster), the pot-addled sociopath in the gang, thus adding a unique twist to the damsel-in-distress factor. Meanwhile, amid the buzzing helicopters and mobilizing S.W.A.T. teams, another group of bad guys has kidnapped Talley's wife and daughter, in order to force him to retrieve a secret disc in Walter's study. Florent Siri's efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions while allowing for plenty of interesting procedural details and sly bits of humor. The score is ominous and the performances are strong, with Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero.

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