Stars: Sam Neill, James Fox, Talisa Soto, Michael Kitchen, Art Malik, Elizabeth Garvie, Trevor Bannister

Director: Robert Young

Summary: John Rennie, a special forces agent is sent to recover an abducted defence analyst from Argentina. Arranging the kidnapping of the chief suspect's children and executing the terrorists should have seen the job finished. But instead John has questions he would like the answers to and strangely his employers are not too happy. Based on the novel 'No Place To Hide' by Ted Allbeury.

British Secret Service agent John Rennie becomes a liability to the Agency after a harrowing mission in Argentina. His ex-wife and children receive death threats and, marked for murder, he returns to Argentina with a plan that will either protect his family and the woman he loves or destroy them.

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You get two hostage crises for the price of one in Hostage, an overwrought but otherwise involving thriller grounded by Bruce Willis's solid lead performance. Making a dramatic pit-stop on his way to Die Hard 4, Willis plays a traumatized former Los Angeles hostage negotiator, now working as a nearly-divorced police chief in sleepy Ventura County, California. Willis suddenly finds himself amidst two potentially deadly stand-offs when a trio of hapless teenagers seize hostages in the fortress-like home of an accountant (Kevin Pollack) whose connections to organized crime result in Willis struggling to rescue his estranged wife and daughter, who are being held hostage by faceless thugs at an undisclosed location. Having directed two of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cellvideo games, director Florent Siri brings plenty of slick, competent filmmaking to Willis's desperate dilemma, and the film boasts a gritty, graphic style that draws attention away from implausible plot twists. The bothersome, over-the-top performances by the teenaged villains also slightly compromise this gloomy but emotionally gripping adaptation of Robert Crais's novel, named as one of Amazon.com's best books of 2001. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1992
Release Date:	July 28, 2003
Runtime:	97 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P P A 1431
Label:	Stax Entertainment
Keywords:	Action, General, Hostage, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure