Hostage

Former L.A. SWAT officer Jeff Talley is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. One day, Talley negotiates with a man who has taken his wife and son hostage after learning his wife was cheating on him. Shortly after Talley denies a SWAT commander's request to give snipers the order to open fire, the despondent man kills his wife, son, and himself. Traumatized, Talley moves with his family and becomes police chief in Bristo Camino, a suburban hamlet in nearby Ventura County.

MPAA Rating:	R
Genre:	Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country:	Germany, United States
Produced By:	Mark Gordon, Manfred D. Heid, Arnold Rifkin, Bob Yari, David Willis, Josef Steinberger, Andreas Thiesmeyer, Bruce Willis, Hawk Koch, Stephen J. Eads, Josef Lautenschlager, Gerd Koechlin, David J. Wally, Susanne Bohnet
Directed By:	Florent-Emilio Siri
Written By:	Doug Richardson, Robert Crais
Cast:	Chad Smith, Marshall Allman, Jane McPherson, Michelle Horn, Robert Knepper, David Wayne Campbell, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Ransford Doherty, Kim Coates, Jonathan Tucker, Serena Scott Thomas, Tina Lifford, Scott Allan Campbell, John Ingle, Randy McPherson, Michael D. Roberts, Mark Elias, Johnny Messner, Bruce Willis, Rumer Willis, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Kathryn Joosten, Jimmy Bennett, Marjean Holden, Art LaFleur, Jamie McShane, Christina Cabot, Hector Luis Bustamante, Scott L. Treger, Ben Foster, Glenn Morshower, Peter Weireter, Dario Deak, Kevin Pollak
In Theaters:	Mar 11, 2005
Runtime:	1 hour 53 minutes
Production:	Miramax, Stratus Film Co., Cheyenne Enterprises, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II, Hostage GmbH, Syndicate Films International
Budget:	$52,000,000
Box Office:	$34,639,939
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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