LaFountaine

“Hostage” Movie

On Tuesday afternoon I saw the movie “Hostage”, which starred: Bruce Willis, Jonathan Tucker, Serena Scott Thomas, Michelle Horn and Ben Foster.

The storyline involved the following: “Talk about pressure. When LAPD hostage negotiator extraordinaire Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) has a bad day, lives are lost--and it is after one particularly bad day that Talley decides he's had it with the job. Plagued by guilt, he relocates his family and becomes the police chief of a sleepy northern California town. But it's about to be woken up. Corrupt accountant Walter Smith (Kevin Pollak) and his two kids--teenager Jennifer (Michelle Horn) and grade schooler Tommy (Jimmy Bennett)--are taken hostage in their house after a carjacking attempt by a trio of young punks goes awry. Talley is forced to step in once again as the hostage negotiator. Why, you may ask, since he is now just a lowly police man? Because it turns out Talley's family is being held captive by Walter's superiors, who need to get something very important out of the house. They demand the seasoned Talley take control of the situation before things get really ugly. And they do get ugly.”

I would rate the movie a “B”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket, a medium popcorn and a medium soft drink. It was a good action movie, and Bruce Willis’ performance was excellent.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 10:15 AM