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Movie Reviews of Hostage
Movie Review: surprisingly good thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
Bruce Willis stars in this surprisingly good thriller. The plot is very complex and you might be confused at times but, you have to show patience to understand it. The movie starts with my man Bruce with a nice hair due while he is a negotiator. But when things go awry and the hostages get killed, one a child, Bruce Willis's character named Jeff Talley quits the force and becomes hief of police in a very small town. This is a change from big Los Angeles. He's married, and has a daughter there. But, just when he thinks that things are going to be very calm, it ends up being very hectic. When three young punks break into a large mansion and when one of them kills a cop and shoots at other cops, there's a situation. Inside the giant mansion, there's one man with two children. The mansion alone is neat to observe as it's so big and has so many hidden places. It's absolutely gorgeous and that alone is amazing. But, Jeff Talley is the guy in charge and he negotiates with the 3 guys that have broken into the house.
But, things get worse for Jeff when mysterious men inform him that they'll execute his wife and child if he doesn't retrieve a disc from the mansion in which unfortunately 3 intruders are already in. Talley is going to have to decide between his family or the other one's. Of course, Bruce Willis is Bruce Willis and you'll just have to wait what's going to happen. The movie packs some thrills and some action scenes in the mansion are awesome. For one, there are lots of molotov cocktails and this movie ends up being an origianl and absolutely amazing experience. Beleive me, I thought that this would be a very average movie but boy was I surprised. The thrills are real thrills and some scenes are just freaky. The last scene is a great finale with some great action. This action/thriller is definitely one that no one should miss out on.
Movie Review: A gripping, if somewhat overdone, action thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
When three teens, on a whim, decide to break and enter the home of a rich accountant (Kevin Pollak) and his two kids, they get more than they bargained for. For this accountant has some very desperate clients, who don't mind sacrificing the hostages in order to get something they want that's inside the house.
Stuck in the middle is Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), a suburban police chief (and, coincidently enough, a former police negotiator), whose own family has been taken hostage by the accountant's mysterious client. With the help of the accountant's son (a credible, if a bit over-the-top, performance by young Jimmy Bennett), Talley must work to satisfy TWO parties of murderers...before time runs out. Because (of course) there is a clock ticking away...
Fortunately, this film will keep you on the edge of your seat. Willis gives one of his best performances in years (I'd almost given up on him), Pollak is enjoyable to watch as always, and the other performances are at least tolerable. But of course, the thing that draws attention to a film like this is the tension...and there's a lot of it. "Hostage" is one of the most suspenseful movies I've seen in a while. It races along, and takes you with it. There are a few minor flaws: the style of the opening credits, for example, has nothing to do with the rest of the film (watch it and you'll understand), and some of the camera work seems iffy. Yet (note the five stars) this is a darn good action/suspense flick, and you'll probably want to watch it the next time you need a two-hour adrenaline rush.
Movie Review: Exciting, Entertaining, and Really Good
Summary: 5 Stars
For an action film, Hostage sports surprisingly good performances. The cast features Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction),
Kevin Pollak (The Whole Ten Yards), Jonathan Tucker (The Virgin Suicides), Ben Foster (The Punisher), and Willis's daughter
Rumer Willis. The surprising thing is the best performance in the movie is by Foster who plays psyopath killer Mars. Anyway,
Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a former hostage negotiator who after a traumatizing accident (presented in the opening scene) moves to a small city and becomes chief of police. Then a crooked executive Walter Smith (Pollak) and his children are taken hostage in their fortress like house by Dennis (Tucker),
his brother Kevin, and Mars (Foster), three psychopathic boys
(Well, Mars & Dennis are, Kevin is just along for the ride).
Talley chooses to pass up negoiating it, but then his wife and daughter (Rumer Willis, who plays his daughter, is surprisingly good for the few moments she's onscreen) are kidnapped by men who need a disc hidden in the DVD case of Heaven Can Wait.
The film (like my title says) is very exciting, it never lets up, and it doesn't use cliches like most action films do today.
There was one thing that was pointless (two Heaven Can Wait movies which didn't lead to anything), but you won't be dissapointed. A.
Movie Review: SURPRISINGLY GOOD
Summary: 5 Stars
So I never even heard about this movie nor heard about it making an impression at the theatres. It sat in my box for a long time and I slowly worked its way up the Netflix queu.
That said, it's one of those pleasant surprises because you go in expecting it to be mediocre and it was great to superb.
Story follows an LA negotiator who has an unsettling encounter that makes him retire as a sheriff to a small town. It's a year later and a rich family are behind held hostage forcing the negotiator to relive his traumatic past.
Willis plays the star. His daughter in the movie is his daughter in real life. Kevin Pollack, who I remember best as the American President caught in a blizzard in DETERRENCE (i.e. if you check that one out, look for a small role played by Sean Astin among some other notable names). Another small role is played by the actress who played Mrs. Landingham, the President's first secretary, from the WEST WING. Her name is Kathryn Joosten.
Lots of twist and turns with tense moments. Subplot story going on between Willis and his wife who are nearing divorce. Looks for the criss cross of three car moments and the villain and Willis saying the same thing. Strange connections. I won't say more or I'll give a spoiler.
Enjoy!
Movie Review: A Drama for the Real Intense Imagination
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a drama. As many have stated, This movie does not go into detail of the life of all the characters. But guess what? That's the whole idea! When you watch this movie you pull out general information, which may be graphic and scary to some, then you are more afraid when you realize that if this happened in real life, as it could, then YOU wouldn't be able to see the story of the "bad people" either. The whole idea is you don't know much, and thats scary. Someone you don't know can come in your house and take YOU hostage. You won't know if they are capable of killing or not. This movie really is geared to those you don't need everything handed to them. If you require a movie that goes through the life of all characters that are good and bad, then watch the Lifetime Channel. If you want adrenalin from watching a hostage situtiation where there is unknowns, then this is for you. If you are an adult wishing this shouldn't happen to your family, or maybe a teenager that hates life and wants to watch someone else be "bad"... then this is for you. I'm sure there are other reasons, cause' this movie is wonderful.