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Hostage is a 2005 action/thriller movie which 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. Tagline: Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?

Plot

After a failed hostage situation which resulted in the gruesome deaths of three people, veteran LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley leaves Los Angeles with his family to become police chief in Bristo Camino, a peaceful suburban hamlet in Ventura County, California.

One year after the incident that ended his career with the LAPD, Talley finds himself in yet another hostage situation. Two teenagers and their mysterious accomplice Mars Krupchek take hostage Walter Smith and his two young children in Smith's house after a failed robbery attempt. Unwilling to put himself through yet another life-or-death situation, Talley hands authority over to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department and leaves the scene.

Unfortunately for Talley, Smith has been laundering money for a mysterious criminal syndicate through offshore shell corporations. He was preparing to turn over a batch of important encrypted files (recorded on a DVD) when he was accidentally taken hostage. To protect such incriminating evidence from discovery, the syndicate arranges for Talley's family to be taken hostage, and forces him to return to the scene and stall for time until it can mobilize its own attack against Smith's house.

Back at the scene, Talley learns that Mars is a serial killer, who could turn on the hostages and his own accomplices at any moment. The rest of the movie's plot turns on whether Talley can save two families while fighting two separate groups of hostage-takers at the same time.

According to the movie's official production notes, the movie'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 Tony Benza, a crime overlord whose influence reaches throughout the entire West Coast.

Cast

Bruce Willis
– Jeff Talley
Kevin Pollak
– Walter Smith
Jonathan Tucker
– Dennis Kelly
Ben Foster
– Mars Krupcheck
Robert Knepper
– Wil Bechler
Jimmy Bennett
– Tommy Smith
Michelle Horn
– Jennifer Smith
Marshall Allman
– Kevin Kelly
Serena Scott Thomas
– Jane Talley
Rumer Willis
– Amanda Talley
Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak
– Sean Mack
Hector Luis Bustamante
– Officer Ruiz
Kim Coates
– The Watchman
Tina Lifford – Laura Shoemaker
Ransford Doherty – Mike Anders
Marjean Holden
– Carol Flores
Michael D. Roberts – Ridley
Art LaFleur– Bill Jorgenson
Randy McPherson– Kovak
Kathryn Joosten
– Louise
Johnny Messner
– Mr. Jones
John Ingle
– Gray Hair Man
Jamie McShane– Joe Mack
Glenn Morshower
– Lt. Leifitz
Chad Smith (II)– Bobby Knox
Scott Allan Campbell– Police Psychologist
Jane McPherson– Nurse
Phil Shuman– News Reporter
Christina Cabot– News Reporter

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