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| Jun 28, 2006Indiantelevision.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, 2005Urban 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.
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| Jun 21, 2005PopMatters
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.
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| Jun 21, 2005The 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.
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| Jun 21, 2005PopMatters
Operatic and ominous, Hostage focuses on the dire ugliness of the youthful super-predator.
More disturbingly, Hostage is about the failure of certainty.
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| Jun 21, 2005Entertainment Insiders
Fun, exciting movie.
This is a fun movie.
Bruce Willis is great as the tormented cop who doubts his abilities.
There are also two extended scenes, which were wisely pared down.
The action sequences are enthralling.
OK, the plot is a bit far-fetched.
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| Jun 20, 2005The Trades
But innovation and plot twists don't make this movie fresh or particularly entertaining.
This movie tries to be too smart and much more than what it actually is: a shoot-em-up actioneer.
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| Jun 19, 2005Monsters and Critics
However, the movie's final minutes ruin any feeling of originality it had and turn Hostage into another bad action movie.
Hostage is a movie that starts off really good
Although Hostage has some good suspense at the beginning
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| Jun 16, 2005DVD Town
What we get in "Hostage" is an absolutely improbable, incredibly impossible, totally absurd action thriller with no pretense whatsoever of irony or humor.
Ever since then, Willis has been a capable action hero, so we had every right to expect good things from him in 2005's "Hostage.
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| Jun 16, 2005DVD Town
Accept it and you enjoy the film a lot more.....What we get in "Hostage" is an absolutely improbable, incredibly impossible, totally absurd action thriller with no pretense whatsoever of irony or humor.....Ever since then, Willis has been a capable action hero....So we get two sets of bad guys, each holding people hostage.....Commanding performances by Washington in the one case and Willis in the other make both films watchable and fun.... ... Full Review