Hostage

 (2005)


  • User Rating 657 votes
  • Critics Rating 59 critics
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User Reviews

Interesting Movie
Nov 26, 2008
predalien453 - yahoo.com
This wasn't the best movie, but it was defiantly interesting and entertaining. It was very realistic and this stuff happens in real life. This movie will make you think, and sit at the edge of your seat. Anyone who loves suspense... Full review
Hostage
Jul 22, 2008
wonderfuliz54 - yahoo.com
This movie will assure that you lock you and yours safely in your home after viewing.Very believable.Thaere are also lots of twists and turn that leave you breathless by movie's end.... Full review
Not One of Willis' Best Efforts
Jun 22, 2008
tampabayjay - yahoo.com
The story seems simple enough. Teenage bad guys attempt a home invasion of a rich (and criminal) accountant. Then something goes wrong, and our (totally unbelieveable) bad ass teens are up against a local sheriff(Bruce Willis) and the REALLY bad guys... Full review
Punks Meet Their Match in Willis
May 31, 2008
bowhunter154 - yahoo.com
Yeah, you know Bruce wins in the end, but the mind games each character plays with each other keeps the movie really interesting all the way to the end. If you like drama, psychopaths and fire, you'll enjoy the flick. These... Full review
Hostage Rules!
Mar 29, 2008
jmac33208 - yahoo.com
Bruce Willis Is A Great Action Star And He Shows It In This Film. He Plays Jeff Talley, A Former LAPD Hostage Negotiator. He Then Moves Away From His Wife And Daughter To Get Away From His Past Problems And Becomes... Full review
hostage is no hold up
Jan 27, 2008
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
this was a provocative kind of way to express action darma and terror it had two stories that was hard to keep up with both but overall this was pretty good job for bruce willis... Full review
Good Film
Nov 07, 2007
amir_tara67 - yahoo.com
This is a good film . Bruce Willis shown the best art in this film , he's a real artist . And Ben Foster was good too . Mechelle Horn was beautiful and skillful .... Full review
Hotage - A Family Movie
Sep 29, 2007
davidkrumboltz - yahoo.com
Too many Willis family members involved in this film. While it did keep me awake, it again proved my theory that if the star and the director or producer are the same person, avoid the movie.... Full review
ILLOGICAL BUT GOOD ENOUGH!
Aug 25, 2007
erich.letterman - yahoo.com
It's Die Hard in a fancy house! This movie is bloody, violent, mean, profane, shocking, exploitive and overwhelming! Bruce Willis is in TOP form. The crowd was realy quiet most of the time so it held there attention! Just a warning,... Full review
Hostage
Aug 22, 2007
roxymonster07 - yahoo.com
I thought Hostage was a really good movie with a pretty cool story. Bruce Willis is awesome, and he's a really good actor.... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Jun 28, 2006
Indiantelevision.com, India
This well-made thriller grossed US$ 34,617,915 at the worldwide box office.....The score is ominous....the performances are strong, with Ben Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero.....In this well-made thriller, Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a hostage negotiator who leaves Los Angeles to become police chief of upscale suburb Bristo Camino.....Florent Siri's efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions.... ... Full Review
| Sep 01, 2005
Urban Cinefile
For the genre, Hostage is a winner. Hostage is a couple of notches above the average, offering solid entertainment for a couple of hours that simply flies. ... Full Review
| Jun 21, 2005
PopMatters
More disturbingly and perhaps aptly, Hostage is also about the failure of certainty. Hostage negotiator Jeff Talley (producer Bruce Willis) is stuck inside one long, bad day. ... Full Review
| Jun 21, 2005
The Cinema Source
Clean persona getting ready for work as a chief of Police in the sticks is only something that a brilliant video game director like Florent Siri could draft up. This makes the plot really silly. ... Full Review
| Jun 21, 2005
PopMatters
Operatic and ominous, Hostage focuses on the dire ugliness of the youthful super-predator. More disturbingly, Hostage is about the failure of certainty. ... Full Review

News

HOSTAGE
urbancinefile.com.au2009-05-25
SYNOPSIS: When a young boy and his mother are killed in negotiations that go horribly wrong, top LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) is a broken man, taking the low-profile job as chief of police in the sleepy town... ... Full Article

The obvious parallel is to Die Hard , Willis' entry into big-stakes cinema almost twenty years ago (can it really be?). There, he carried some of his brash Moonlighting persona into what could've been a standard-issue action hero, and he... ... Full Article

Willis Returns to Form (Yawn) A Review by John Nesbit 03/10/2005 Any Bruce Willis film is a risky venture for the moviegoer. For every decent Twelve Monkeys or Pulp Fiction there's a sewer full of Hudson Hawk , The Last... ... Full Article

Hostage
moviesonline.ca2005-06-21
Devastated by a 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 low-profile job as chief of police in the low-crime town of Bristo... ... Full Article

Hostage
slantmagazine.com2005-06-11
Heaven Can Wait DVD figures prominently in Hostage , but there's more hellfire than wit or romance in Florent Siri's thriller about a tense standoff between a local sheriff, teenage thieves, and mysterious corporate criminals. ... Full Article

Hostage
moviejuice.com2005-03-14
"We have a hostage situation!" You know it's only a matter of time before those words are uttered because you'd have to go back to the Silent era to find a hostage movie that didn't speak them - and even... ... Full Article

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