Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Marshall Allman
Release Year: 2005
Country: US
Run Time: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A cop looking for a quieter way of life is thrown into the most dangerous crisis of his life in this thriller based on the novel by Robert Crais. Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) used to be a hostage negotiator with the Los Angeles Police Department, but after a standoff goes horribly wrong, Talley moves himself and his family to a small, quiet town of Bristo Camino, where he serves as chief of police. When three young criminals attempt to steal a car from a wealthy accountant, the situation quickly spins out of control and the thieves are trapped inside the heavily fortified home, taking the accountant and his family hostage. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department soon arrives on the scene, and Talley eagerly hands over the situation to them, but when he unexpectedly finds himself in telephone contact with one of the children inside, he begins to suspect that the cops are in over their heads. After he's approached by a masked stranger who has an agenda of his own, Talley is forced to decide if he should protect the safety of the family in the house or his own wife and kids. Hostage was the first English-language film from director Florent Emilio Siri. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Keith P. Cunningham - Art Director, Stephen Eads - Associate Producer, Susanne Bohnet - Associate Producer, Victoria Burrows - Casting, Scott Boland - Casting, David Willis - Co-producer, Gerd Koechlin - Co-producer, Manfred Heid - Co-producer, Elisabetta Beraldo - Costume Designer, Mark Cotone - First Assistant Director, Florent Emilio Siri - Director, Billy Burton - Second Unit Director, Olivier Gajan - Editor, Richard Byard - Editor, David Wally - Executive Producer, Hawk Koch - Executive Producer, Josef Lautenschlager - Executive Producer, Andreas Thiesmeyer - Executive Producer, Alexandre Desplat - Composer (Music Score), Richard Glasser - Musical Direction/Supervision, Larry Fulton - Production Designer, Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci - Cinematographer, Bruce Willis - Producer, Mark Gordon - Producer, Bob Yari - Producer, Arnold Rifkin - Producer, Dawn Brown-Manser - Set Designer, Kevin Cross - Set Designer, C. Scott Baker - Set Designer, Luke Freeborn - Set Designer, Stephen Flick - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter Devlin - Sound/Sound Designer, Phillip W. Palmer - Sound/Sound Designer, Steven Ticknor - Sound/Sound Designer, Steven Tickner - Sound/Sound Designer, Billy Burton - Stunts Coordinator, Doug Richardson - Screenwriter, Robert La Bonge - Second Unit Camera, Feli Di Giorgio - Visual Effects Supervisor, Matthew Morrissey - Visual Effects Supervisor, Larz Anderson - Special Effects Coordinator, Stephen Flick - Supervising Sound Editor, Steven Ticknor - Supervising Sound Editor, Steven Tickner - Supervising Sound Editor, Creo Collective - Visual Effects, Cindy Carr - Set Decorator, Robert Crais - Book Author
