Film Review- Hostage
Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), a former LAPD hostage negotiator,
moved himself away from his career, when a hostage situation
goes wrong and results in the death of the mother and child.
Unable to handle another negotiating situation that could go
wrong, Jeff Talley takes a job as the chief of police in low
crime Bristo Camino, a small town in Ventura County.
But when three delinquent teenagers follow home a wealthy family
home intending to just steal their car, they realize they picked
the wrong house when they become trapped inside. The teens panic
after a silent alarm is sounded, a hostage situation begins.
Talley who is celebrating low crime Monday sends an officer to
the scene but Mars (Ben Foster)(one of the teenagers) shoots and
kills her. Talley gets involved when he drives up to get the
body of the officer but then takes himself off the case and
hands command over to the Ventura county sheriff's department
and leaves the scene.
Meanwhile a dvd with criminal information from the man inside
the compound who is really an accountant for criminal families
is hidden inside the house. When the interested parties learn
that the Walter Smith (Kevin Pollak) house is underseige. They
take matters into their own hands and take Talley's family
hostage as well.
The movie is riveting with action. It had me glued to my seat
in plenty of scenes but also had the audience in our theatre
wondering what was going to happen next. It is very dark, gorey,
and bloody.
There is a lot of graphic violence from people being shot to
people being set on fire, etc. The star in this film is
certainly Tommy Smith who knows the houses nooks and crannies.
He has a secret call space where he commicates with Officer
Talley.
The movie has strong language and graphic violence.
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