Hostage
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Movie Reviews of Hostage
Movie Review: WILLIS IS GREAT!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
devistated by a hostage situation which resulted in the deaths of a young mother and her child, LAPD negotiator jeff talley (willis) exits los angeles for a low profile job as chief of police in the low-crime town of bristo camino in ventura county.
when three delinquent teenagers follow a family home intending to steal their car, they inadvertantly pick the wrong house on the wrong day. the trio find themselves trapped in a multi-million dollar compound on the outskirts of town owned by an accountant. panicked, the teenagers take the family hostage, placing tally in exactly the kind of situation he never wanted to face again. soon after, talley readily hands authority of the hostage situation over to the ventura county sheriffs department and leaves the scene. after it becomes clear that the sheriffs department cannot handle the crisis, talley is forced to resume the command he had abandoned where the stakes quickley evolve into a hostage situation far more volitile and terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.
based on the novel by robert crais.
Movie Review: Not bad really - just finished watching it
Summary: 5 Stars
HEADS UP, SPOILERS AHEAD.....
Ok, so five stars for the action. There were a few funy parts during all the chaos. You know how in alot of movies the sick demented people get shot and stabbed and beaten and they still walk around like nothing ever happened as if they have super human powers, hehe. That's how it was with marshall. It was kind of comical when he kept appearing outta nowehere all crazy looking in slow motion. This movie really wasn't bad at all. I didn't expect the band of criminals to be kids, but they pulled it off, considering how sick and demented two of them were, but marshall was like a young ted bundy. There were a few moments that didnt fly too well with me. The only good kid died, the brother of dennis, and to me that was sad, and the beginning was nothing to write home about either. And the violence was so graphic, way more violence now in movies than in the past i've noticed. But overal hostage is a good action film. The acting was pretty good, and you wont get bored. The movie was over before i knew it,
Movie Review: BRUCE DOES IT AGAIN!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Over the years Bruce Willis has been in several types of movies but is undeniably at his best in hard core full throttle action movies such as this Even at 50 years old, he doesnt look like he's hardly aged at all Willis plays a former big city cop who is trying to move on with his life after an entire family is killed by a gunman on his watch He moves from Los Angeles to a smaller town in California where he becomes the sheriff A group of young men take an entire family hostage and Willis is called in to rescue the hostages Then after he turns the scene over to the FBI his family is taken hostage by a group of faceless thugs who want an object (I won't say what) out of the house the young men have taken control of Willis must race against time and odds to get his family out alive Thats pretty much the jist of the story Willis delivers a knockout punch in his role and flat-out MAKES this movie work An excellent addition to any action/thriller fan's DVD collection, this is a must have I'm just sorry I missed seeing it in theatresMovie Review: As good as this type of film gets
Summary: 5 Stars
When compared to the majority of films being released these days, HOSTAGE is about as good as it gets making this type of film...
Classic good honest cop thrown into a tough situation while trying to escape the burnout of a prior life is faced with some of society's worst criminals and human scum !
Bruce Willis does some of his best dramatic emotional acting in this tense hostage thriller.
Soundtrack helps build the moods and tensions.
This is not the mindless "cotton candy" formula fluff liberal Hollywood tends to toss out these days.. this is a real story with real world grit.
Sure there are some minor elements I may not have been 100% thrilled with regarding the kid's pat of the storyline, but no film can be 100% perfect in every regard for every viewer.
Like I said, this is about as good as it gets when making this type of film.
It's a shame it got such little attention when other lesser films are better known.
Movie Review: so much for honor among thieves
Summary: 5 Stars
At first glance this looks like Bruce's typical action movie, following his tried and true formula. And, actually, the fact of the matter is "Hostage" is very similar to at least half a dozen other movies that Bruce made. But nevertheless, it's an excellent movie. I enjoyed it because it was so fast-moving and even though I sort of had a feeling what was going to happen I still felt very shocked and surprised. I don't want to give too much away, but there were some great effects. As always, Bruce was exceptional. After watching this movie, I really think the man must have been a cop in a prior life because he had this role down pat. And the movie is not so much a story of just a hostage situation as it is more of a story of good verses evil. The movie really pushes the envelope while asking the viewers to examine the situation and question the entire realm of what evil truly is. I enjoyed this movie tremendously and cannot recommend it enough.