Hostage (2005/I)

Réalisateur:

Florent Emilio Siri

Writers (WGA):

Robert Crais (novel)
Doug Richardson (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 mars 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

Every Second Counts

Plot:

A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

Plot Keywords:

California | Accounting | Gun | Policewoman Killing | Police Chief

Awards:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

IT ROCKS! This is a Bruce Willis we did not see for a long time!

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 2

5:30 PM

USA

Ensemble

Bruce Willis	...	Jeff Talley
Kevin Pollak	...	Walter Smith
Jimmy Bennett	...	Tommy Smith
Michelle Horn	...	Jennifer Smith
Ben Foster	...	Mars Krupcheck
Jonathan Tucker	...	Dennis Kelly
Marshall Allman	...	Kevin Kelly
Serena Scott Thomas	...	Jane Talley
Rumer Willis	...	Amanda Talley
Kim Coates	...	The Watchman
Robert Knepper	...	Wil Bechler
Tina Lifford	...	Laura Shoemaker
Ransford Doherty	...	Mike Anders
Marjean Holden	...	Carol Flores
Michael D. Roberts	...	Ridley

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Hostage - Entführt (Germany)
Otage (France) [fr]
Otages de la peur (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and some drug use.

Durée:

113 min

Pays:

USA | Germany

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | USA:R (certificate #40990) | Portugal:M/18 | Germany:16 (f) | Malaysia:18PL | New Zealand:R16 | Iceland:16 | Spain:18 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Argentina:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Azusa Canyon Inn - Highway 39, Azusa, California, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Anecdotes:

Among the DVDs in Kevin Pollak's movie collection is The Negotiator (1998), a film also about a police negotiator in an intense situation. We also see a copy of Nid de guêpes (2002) (The Nest), Florent Emilio Siri's previous movie. S.W.A.T. (2003) is also a movie on the shelf.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tally blasts the indoor glass waterfall with the shotgun water is still pumping through, even though the transformers were blown out, and the house is on fire.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Joe Mack: I need to talk to that motherfucker! You hear me? I want to talk to that fucker right now! I want that motherfucker!

Connexions De Film:

References The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Soundtrack:

Outta Here

IT ROCKS! This is a Bruce Willis we did not see for a long time!

I saw Hostage in a German Pressscreening and I was blown away. Visually stunning from the first second to the last. The director Florent Siri nails every frame. He kept me on the edge of the seat from beginning to the end.

In the last years Bruce Willis disappointed me. His last movies I found very lame. But here, he is back as the great Action dude, he is famous for. But Hostage is not another "die hard"-flick. It is different. With more Drama, much darker and less humor is Hostage one of the most adult (means grown up) Action Thriller I saw in Years.

The story is great. No cheap tricks, every second is well written, superb acted and directed. The same with the soundtrack and - as I said before - the visuals.

Hostage is a kind of violent Film noir in a MTV a like style. A real ride. I don't want to tell much about the story. Go and see!