
Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter when three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter when three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.
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| FilmFocusShay CaseyMuch like Jeff Talley himself, Hostage badly needed a shave. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumSean O'ConnellBy the film's conclusion, Willis grows tired of the holes in his plot and starts putting holes in the bad guys. This from a guy who swore off action movies. |
| FilmStew.comRichard HorganWe hate to say it, but an episode of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown featuring Bruce Willis and Kevin Pollak would have been waaay more entertaining. |
| FilmJerk.comBrian OrndorfThe last 30 minutes is a terribly busy bore, and does an excellent job of creating a bad taste to a film that isn't a complete washout and a decent genre exercise. |
| Long Island PressPrairie MillerMostly a nerve jangling thriller, but you know there's something not quite right about a movie when you're wondering more about why such a plush mansion on fire doesn't have a better sprinkler system. |
| KWQC-TV (Iowa)Linda Cook"Hostage" blends "Mercury Rising" with "Die Hard" to create an average, well, Bruce Willis movie |
| Now Playing MagazineBrent SimonIt brings little new to the table, even by generic 'reluctant warrior' thriller standards. |
| Sympatico.caAngela BaldassarreGorgeous atmospherics and good performances with a convoluted and overstuffed plot. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanThe very thing that makes Hostage so good is the very same thing that may likely kill its chances at the box office: this film goes to some dark places. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekBy piling coincidence upon coincidence, the picture, though quite slickly made, collapses under the weight of its accumulated cliches and improbabilities. |