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Cast:
Bruce Willis .... 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 .... Laura Shoemaker
Ransford Doherty .... Mike Anders
Marjean Holden .... Carol Flores
Michael D. Roberts .... Ridley
Runtime: 113 min
Rating: R
Devastated by a failed hostage situation which resulted in the deaths of a young mother and her child, LAPD negotiator Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) exits Los Angeles for a no profile job as chief of police in the low crime hamlet of Bristo Camino, a small town in Ventura County.
When three delinquent teenagers follow home a family intending to steal their car, they have inadvertently picked the wrong house on the wrong day. The trio find themselves trapped in a multi-million dollar compound on the outskirts of town, owned by an accountant working for a mysterious crime enterprise. Panicked, the teenagers take the family hostage, placing Talley in exactly the kind of situation he never wanted to face again. Soon after, Talley readily hands authority of the hostage situation over to the Ventura County Sheriffs Department and leaves the scene. Meanwhile, inside the compound is digital information, which is time sensitive and invaluable to the mysterious criminals and critical to their enterprise. They will stop at nothing to get what belongs to them.
Talley is forced to resume the command he abandoned, where the stakes quickly evolve into a hostage situation far more volatile and terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.
I saw Hostage in a German Pre-screening and was blown away. Visually stunning from the first second to the last. The director Florent Siri nails every frame. He kept me on the edge of the seat from beginning to the end.
In the last years Bruce Willis disappointed me. His last movies I found very lame. But here, he is back as the great Action dude, he is famous for. But Hostage is not another "die hard"-flick. It is different. With more Drama, much darker and less humor is Hostage one of the most adult (means grown up) Action Thriller I saw in Years.
The story is great. No cheap tricks, every second is well written, superb acted and directed. The same with the soundtrack and - as I said before - the visuals.
Hostage is a kind of violent Film noir in a MTV a like style. A real ride. I don't want to tell much about the story. Go and see!
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