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Movie Reviews of Hostage
Movie Review: Wow! That just about says it all.
Summary: 5 Stars
As with all of my reviews, I must say that I was not particularly fond of how often the "F" word was used in this film. I think movie-makers get carried away with using profanity to make it all seem a bit more real. But besides that one complaint, I think this movie is a thrill-a-minute ride that most people will enjoy. HOSTAGE delivers suspense, shock, and surprises throughout the entire film.
Bruce Willis is excellent as the former hostage negotiator turned small town police chief. His character ends up being drawn back into the role of negotiator, and Willis delivers the dialogue, the action, and the drama like only he can. This is now my favorite Bruce Willis movie. I think the originality of the script, combined with an awesome cast of actors and actresses made Willis shine more than in his past work.
Kevin Pollak plays Walter Smith, a book-cooker with a high-tech DVD collection that adds a bit more saga to Bruce's unusually "bad" day. Pollak's banter with his son and daughter sounded like the scriptwriter has been taping conversations in my living room!
Jimmy Bennett (III) is Tommy Smith, a kid with some brain power...so much so that when he is asked by Willis to retrieve the "Heaven Can Wait" DVD, he thinks to look and see if there is more than one version of the film! Now that's a smart kid. Most adults don't even know there are two "Heaven Can Wait" movies. Seriously though, this Jimmy Bennett kid, he's good. I was actually yelling for him to crawl faster when the evil Mars was after him. I think this kid has a bright future in Hollywood.
This is without a doubt Michelle Horn's best work to date! She gave Bruce a run for his money in this movie, nearly stealing the show. I cannot say enough about her performance as Jennifer Smith; she had the drama, the tension, the fear, the...oh just insert every emotion one can display here I said I think Jimmy Bennett has a bright future. Well I KNOW Michelle Horn has bright past, present, and future. This film should make her a superstar as far as I'm concerned. If she pulled this off with such perfection, I don't think there is a role she couldn't pull off.
Ben Foster plays the weird and completely insane Mars Krupcheck, a character that gave me the creeps! Mars is evil through and through, and I think one of the things that makes HOSTAGE such a good movie is that Mars so personifies evil, while Tommy and Jennifer Smith represent innocence and purity - the clash of the two opposites creating such a clear view of evil and good that we tend to forget exist.
Jonathan Tucker is a little weak in his performance as Mars's accomplice, Dennis Kelly. It may have just been the script, not sure. Marshall Allman tries his best to make his character, Kevin Kelly, work, but it just wasn't his best performance. Again, it may have just been the script.
All of that about sums up what I thought about the movie and the performances. This is a movie that provides the viewer with a great plot, a whole lot of action, some suspenseful moments, and a few unexpected twists. I do not think young kids should watch this movie at all. No one younger than thirteen should watch HOSTAGE, and I must once again say that I think the amount of profanity was a bit over the top, however, this is a movie about good and evil, so evil shouldn't be watered down too much.
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Movie Review: INTENSE
Summary: 5 Stars
Jeff Talley (played by Bruce Willis), is a policeman who has experience in the field of hostage negotiations. In the opening scenes, he finds himself in a hostage situation where a boy ends up getting killed. Later, there's another hostage situation. In this one, a father, daughter, and son are taken hostage by 3 men who look to be in their late teens early 20's. Two of the men are half crazed and on edge. They had broke into the man's upscale home hoping to get hold of the daughter, but things go down hill for the men when the son sets off a silent alarm which immediately sends out a patrol officer. The lady police shows up and ends up getting shot by one of the men. She crawls out to the street and soon Talley arrives for backup. As soon as he makes is way to her, she dies.....now Talley is in a bad mood!!!
But he will have to be patient with his vengence as the trio stumble across the home's Fort Know style security system, and click a button sending iron bars across the doors and windows and lighting up the place with flood lights.
But this isn't Talley's only problem. He soon finds out that his own family has been kidnapped. What a dilemma!!! And what makes this story even more bizarre is the fact that his family's kidnappers are needing a dvd from the other family who has been kidnapped. Talk about gut wrenching!!! Now the question is, will Talley get the DVD he needs to free his family and also free the people in the other home? Well you gotta see the movie to find out cause I'm not going to tell you.
I will tell you that if you like movies with a lot of action, and are in the same caliber (did I spell that right?) as Die Hard, you are sure to want this impressive film.
It is filled with intense drama, intense suspense( hey that rhymes), and intense action. There's no strong sexual situations or nudity, but quite a bit of strong language, but no more than most people hear in school or at the office. If you're looking for a reviting film, get this one.
As for the special features, it has a french language track, and you can put in spanish subtitles, and it's widescreen. It has other features which I personally didn't view for the fact that I'm not interested in things like how many times the actors clipped their toenails during the movie, or what the director thinks about the lighting of a particular scene. But if you're into that sort of thing, the DVD offers a Deleted scenes section with optional commentary, extended scenes with optional commentary, a behind the scenes tour and audio commentary by the director.
If you do watch this film, make sure the edge of your seat is clean, because if you like extreme movies, you WILL be sitting on it.
Movie Review: BURN IT!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this movie was great. I wasn't sure what to expect really, it didn't get too many good reviews, but then again, it's Bruce Willis so it has to be good right? The premise is pretty entertaining in itself, enough so that you know the movie will hold a few nail-biting scenes, and it does especially towards the end as everything starts winding down. So heres the story. You have Jeff (Willis) who's an x-hostage negotiator (the opening sequence shows us why he's an X) who is now working as cheif of police in a small CA town. His wife and daughter visit on weekends and you can see his marriage is on rocky grounds...it almost appears that everyone can see that but him. Enter our unlucky family, the ones held hostage by a group of teenage boys who wanted their car, but in the process someone gets shot and another gets knocked out and pretty soon the young boys get thrown into panic mode as the take the two children of the house hostage and close themselves into the house using the servalence system. The only problem (at least for Willis) is that these boys took the wrong mad hostage. he's an acountant (innocent enough) and he has connections with organized crime (not so innocent) and these crime lords need a disk that this man has encrypted for them. The catch here is if Jeff doesn't hold the cops off and keep everyone inside the house until these crime lords get into the house to get there disk then Jeff's family will die. He's got some choices to make. If he goes inside the house to save the family, his own may die, and if he stays outside the house to protect his own family then the innocent children in the house may die. It's a catch 22. Scene stealer Ben Foster does an outstanding job portraying a pshycopath. He just LOOKED insane, and the whole 'burn it' scene (When you watch you'll know what I mean) is just crazy...the most intence part of the film...All in all it was an impressive film. Willis held his own, delivering a solid knock out punch of a performance. I wish he would get more notice for his roles...but alas, I don't know if he ever will...We love you Bruce, keep up the GREAT work!Movie Review: Hostage will keep you captive
Summary: 5 Stars
Scorching performances sear 'Hostage' with fiery intensity, and a unique perspective and edge, I feels goes into fresh territory for action films like no other action film has before it. A film that will leave a lasting impression on you and any built up hostility you held for action films in the past shall be expelled from you when you view films like this in the future. It also gives its star Bruce Willis the leverage he's going to need when facing three lost renegade youths who pull one stunt with two physical motives, when they happen to come upon a flashy car and an attractive girl, that soon fuels a twisted psychosis. The three teenagers Mars Krupcheck (Ben Foster), Dennis Kelly (Johnathan Tucker), and Kevin Kelly (Marshall Allman) are younger then the novel to parallel the tragic Columbine shootings of 1999, and give a voice to the current generation, and the dangerous road we all could be headed down. It is through this seemingly isolated incident that two families are taken hostage on both sides of the social spectrum, and put in jeopardy with dire consequences for each of them if an agenda is not met. The first hostages being a wealth established unit headed by father Walter Smith (Kevin Pollock), young son Tommy Smith (Jimmy Bennett), and daughter Jennifer Smith (Michelle Horn). The other family in disarray and in need of redemption consisting of Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), Jane Talley (Serena Scott Thomas) and Amanda Talley (Bruce's real-life daughter Rumer Willis) from an unknown danger.
Every possible genre is explored in a whole new setting with emphasis on Westerns and the films of the 30s, 40s, and 70s. Every scene plays out like a well-written book this film is based on, and has inspired me to read the novel after viewing the film. Warm colours mixed with shadow give surroundings a great ambiance, and actions a striking fluidicity, that charge well-crafted characters with a pulsating energised current, to spark their actions and see them through to a gothic and operatic crescendo.
Movie Review: A Movie That Holds Nothing Back
Summary: 5 Stars
Hostage starts out great but what's even better is that it ended the same way. I think the film is getting rated bad because people who love Die Hard see Bruce Willis in this and start comparing the films. I know this from hearing people in the theatre actually saying the movie is ok but it's no Die Hard. The film to me is perfect from the story to the action, there's not too much action but it's just right. Even better there was the birth and death of a unsuspected and excellent villain in Ben Foster.
It starts out with the usual, a hostage negotiator (Bruce Willis) fail to save the life of innocent people and then he retires but not totally because he moves on to lead a small town police department. Next you are introduced to your nut cases Ben Foster (Mars) and Jonathan Tucker (Dennis) and his brother. Both Mars are and Dennis mad at the world because they have no money and feel like outcasts. So they play the outlaw roles and steal some stuff but what Dennis doesn't know is his little friend Mars whom he just met not even 3 weeks ago is a blood-craving psycho that goes way beyond just being a thief.
The two gain interest in a girl who has a rich father and decide to follow her family to their house but they didn't know her father is in business with some crazy guys that want something in the house the girl's father owes them. The film gets crazy because there isn't just one problem there's a bunch of them. Ben Foster was great because he develops his character into an amazing villain and it seemed like he couldn't be stopped. Willis goes to war to get what he wants and loves and fights to the very end. I thought it was a great movie not only to blow off some time but it's something you don't want to miss for the wild plot twists. Also this is a very violent movie so if you have a slightly weak stomach it may start to get to you.