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Hostage is a 2005 thriller film with Bruce Willis that was directed by Florent Emilio Siri. The film was based on a novel by Robert Crais, and was adapted for the screen by Doug Richardson.
The film's plot is roughly the same as the novel; the main difference is that a complicated subplot involving the Mafia was removed and the ages of the first group of hostage-takers was lowered slightly. In the novel, Smith's employer is Sonny Benza, a crime overlord whose influence reaches throughout the entire West Coast.
Former SWAT officer Jeff Talley is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. Talley is negotiating with a man who has taken his wife and son hostage after learning she has been cheating on him. Talley denies a SWAT commander's request to give snipers the green light to take out the suspect. There are three gunshots in the house. Talley runs through the barricaded door and finds the man and his wife dead. In the boy's room he finds the son, who passes away in Talley's arms. This leaves Talley emotionally scarred. He moves with his family to become police chief in Bristo Camino, a peaceful suburban hamlet in Ventura County, California.
Actors: Philipp Danne (actor), Adam-Victor Linkowski (producer), Jörg Reichlin (actor), Jasmin Reuter (composer), Murat Eyüp Gönültas (actor), Mustafa A. Kuzu (actor), Jasmin Lord (actress), Johannes Kunkel (producer), Murat Eyüp Gönültas (writer), Halit Dajdzo (writer), Johannes Kunkel (writer), Murat Eyüp Gönültas (director), Halit Dajdzo (actor), Enis Aksamija (actor), Enis Aksamija (actor),
Plot: A highly explosive wedding with cops instead of guest and weapons instead of rings. Bank-robbers BILLY and ROSE are on the run. After being chased down by a private mercenary unit they are dead-end stuck in a motel room. The corrupt cop JACK makes no secret out of the fact that he won't let the two go alive. Too long do the rivals know each other. As the situation appears hopeless, Billy has one last request before surrendering: Father Tony has to come with his Bible... and he shall not forget the rings! Tick Tack Boooom!
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: David Kuskie (actor), Jean Hyppolite (actor), Cody Asher (actor), Leo Bentes (editor), Leo Bentes (director), Alister Conway (miscellaneous crew), Eduardo Cascaes (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Short,Actors: Kim Basinger (actress), Mark Canton (producer), Mickey Rourke (actor), Anne Heche (actress), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (actor), Akon (producer), Vivica A. Fox (actress), Chris Hayes (actor), Lanre Idewu (actor), Bill Davis (actor), Akon (actor), Fred Amata (actor), Wyclef Jean (actor), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (producer), Joy Gohring (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Pascal Yen-Pfister (actor), Elana A. Mugdan (editor), Elana A. Mugdan (director), Elana A. Mugdan (writer), Elana A. Mugdan (producer), Eric James Eastman (actor), G. Michelle Robinson (actress), Walter Mugdan (miscellaneous crew), Andre Jackson Jr. (actor), Jonathan Gong (composer), Michael Leggett (actor), Ruba Mansouri (actress), Trevor Ray (actor), Baby Dragon (actor), Ronald Artis (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Tasi Alabastro (writer), Tasi Alabastro (actor), Richard Gali (actor), Richard Gali (editor), Richard Gali (writer), Leejay Abucayan (editor), Jeremy Passion (composer), Leejay Abucayan (actor), Leejay Abucayan (writer), Janely Nebre (miscellaneous crew), Janely Nebre (actress), Jason Lieu (actor), Jason Lieu (writer), Andrew Rose (editor), Geoff Olegario (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Loy Mendonsa (composer), Ehsaan Noorani (composer), Salim Khan (writer), Shankar Mahadevan (composer), Hrithik Roshan (actor), Javed Akhtar (writer), Florian Lukas (actor), Priyanka Chopra (actress), Shah Rukh Khan (producer), Alexander Yassin (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Shah Rukh Khan (actor), Om Puri (actor), Andy Stephens (miscellaneous crew), Lucia Foster Found (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: 5 years ago, Don (Shahrukh Khan) succeeded in taking over the Asian underworld. He now wishes to take over the European underworld. Members of the European drug cartel wish to kill him, because he is jeopardizing their business, however they fail to do so and he kills most of them instead. Later, Don returns to Malaysia and surrenders to Malik (Om Puri) and Roma (Priyanka Chopra). Don is sentenced to jail where he meets his old rival Vardhan (Boman Irani) whom he had put in jail 5 years ago. Don and Vardhan agree to work together in stealing money plates from Germany worth a fortune. They succeed in escaping jail and travel to Europe. Also joining them in the crime are Sameer (Kunal Kapoor), a computer hacking expert and Jabbar (Nawab Shah) an assassin who was originally hired to kill Don. The gang manage to steal the plates from Germany. However, just as they do Don is betrayed.
Keywords: bank, berlin-germany, brandenburg-gate-berlin, car-chase, character-name-in-title, digit-in-title, heist, moll, number-in-title, numbered-sequelActors: Phoenix James (actor), Kayti Moran (actress), Ben Mills (writer), Dan Love (actor), Sarah Whitlock (actress), Bedii Akin (actor), Jonathan David (costume designer), Shereena Glean (actress), Richard James-Neale (actor), Bonnie Adair (actress), Kate Taylor Davies (actress), Rob Stott (actor), Gemma Fairway (producer), Ben Simpson (director), James Rowney (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Aki Aleong (actor), Cynthia Rothrock (actress), Lorenzo Lamas (actor), Art Camacho (producer), Art Camacho (director), Cynthia Rothrock (actress), Don 'The Dragon' Wilson (producer), Don 'The Dragon' Wilson (actor), Diane Collins (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Settles (miscellaneous crew), Eric Lee (miscellaneous crew), Jacov Bresler (actor), Eric Lee (actor), Robert Wall (actor), Chris Casamassa (actor),
Plot: A well-meaning genius creates a virtual reality game that leaves his grandson trapped within when a virus invades. The boy's father (Don Wilson) enters the virtual fighting game in order to combat the virus and save his son before they're both trapped forever.
Keywords: action-hero, action-heroine, beach, beating, black-belt, bo-staff, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cameo, computer-scientist, computer-virusActors: Ron Smerczak (actor), Vernon Wells (actor), Patrick Lyster (actor), Anthony Fridjohn (actor), Robert F. Lyons (actor), Johan Kruger (miscellaneous crew), Asher Brauner (actor), Asher Brauner (writer), Robert Whitehead (actor), Scott J. Ateah (actor), James Whyle (actor), Kimberleigh Stark (actress), Lionel A. Ephraim (producer), Drummond Marais (actor), Jennifer Marshall (actress),
Plot: Twenty years ago, Vietnam turned three American boys into men, but amidst the horror, Johnny Burke cracked. When his friends, Max and Rudy, stop him from torturing an innocent Cambodian girl, he wheels on them and, aflame with hatred, vows vengeance.
Keywords: abduction, bound-and-gagged, independent-film, injection, murder, picnic, stable, tied-to-a-chairActors: Steve Clemente (actor), Max Davidson (actor), Hank Bell (actor), John Abbott (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Lane Bradford (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Frederic Brunn (actor), James Bush (actor), Felix Basch (actor), Earle S. Dewey (actor),
Plot: On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.
Keywords: anti-fascism, anti-fascist, anti-nazi, assassination, barracks, based-on-true-story, beer, blood, bludgeoned-to-death, brewmaster