Kim Coates	The Watchman
Ben Foster	Mars Krupcheck
Michelle Horn	Jennifer Smith
Kevin Pollak	Walter Smith
Jonathan Tucker	Dennis Kelly
Bruce Willis	Jeff Talley
Rumer Willis	Amanda Talley
Jimmy Bennett	Tommy Smith
Marshall Allman	Kevin Kelly
Serena Scott Thomas	Jane Talley

Regisseur	Florent Emilio Siri
Produzent	Mark Gordon Arnold Rifkin
Autor	Robert Crais Doug Richardson

You get two hostage crises for the price of one in Hostage, an overwrought but otherwise involving thriller grounded by Bruce Willis's solid lead performance. Making a dramatic pit-stop on his way to Die Hard 4, Willis plays a traumatized former Los Angeles hostage negotiator, now working as a nearly-divorced police chief in sleepy Ventura County, California. Willis suddenly finds himself amidst two potentially deadly stand-offs when a trio of hapless teenagers seize hostages in the fortress-like home of an accountant (Kevin Pollack) whose connections to organized crime result in Willis struggling to rescue his estranged wife and daughter, who are being held hostage by faceless thugs at an undisclosed location. Having directed two of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell video games, director Florent Siri brings plenty of slick, competent filmmaking to Willis's desperate dilemma, and the film boasts a gritty, graphic style that draws attention away from implausible plot twists. The bothersome, over-the-top performances by the teenaged villains also slightly compromise this gloomy but emotionally gripping adaptation of Robert Crais's novel, named as one of Amazon.com's best books of 2001. --Jeff Shannon

Details der Edition Audience Rating R (Restricted) Land USA Sprache German Barcode 786936282917 Region Region 1 Erscheinungsdatum 21.06.2005 Verpackung Keep Case Bildformat Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Untertitel Spanish Tonspuren Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Layer Doppelseitig, single layer Anzahl Disks/Bänder 1 Bonusmaterial Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary Taking Hostage Behind the Scenes Commentary by Director

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