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I would have given it a 1 but I did finish the movie.Here's what's negative. Starts with BW really laid back negotiating like it's no big deal, and seconds later they're talking about how its tense and they've been up long... then you get to see a dead kid...Lots of bad writing paired with unconvincing acting. Bruce Willis is fine and so is Pollack. But no one else in the whole movie is genuine. Theres also several times the movie takes itself too seriously, specifically the madonna pose at the end...I was curious to see what would happen but very very predictable. The good: Bruce Willis is in it. The house it takes place in is really cool despite the construction making no sense....Anyway I would skip it if I could go back in time...

Bruce Willis does what he can do best, and that's be John McClane. And John McClane he becomes. Comparisons are drawn instantly because differences are hard to find. Jeff Talley (Willis), now a humdrum cop after a bodged negotiating job, must negotiate his way through a new hostage crisis. A middle class family are being held in their house by some lower class youths looking to score themselves some money, and get at those they deem better than them. Tensions run high both inside and outside the house. Jeff's family is being held hostage as well, which thins out the main story. Things go awry when one of the youths, played by Ben Foster, goes crazy. His change in mentality is absurd, even if a little entertaining. It doesn't fit Hostage's composition. At least McClane's around to sort the mess out.

Hostage (2005): Dir: Florent Siri / Cast: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Barry Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Rumer Willis: Standard action thriller about closure and affliction. Unfortunately the only closure viewers will have after watching this affliction is the exit door when the lights come on. Bruce Willis plays a hostage negotiator placed in a position where three teenage males take a wealthy family hostage. He also learns that his wife and daughter are kidnapped so that he may retrieve a disc from inside the mansion. This all winds down to a mindless shootout full of clichés and as much nonsense as possible. Director Florent Siri handles the action effectively using various passageways in the mansion to add interest but that hardly saves the film. Willis is basically playing Die Hard where his fate is to have a fist fight or blow stuff up. Kevin Pollak spends most of the film unconscious although considering how bad the film is he can be thankful. Barry Foster and Jonathan Tucker play two of the crazed teens who must have been forced at gunpoint to participate in this mess. Finally we have Bruce's daughter Rumer Willis in a wasted appearance that furthers nothing. This is one of the dumbest films to insult the action genre in a long time, and it goes without saying that the competition is stiff. When the mansion goes up in flames nobody thought to put the screenplay in the fire. Score: 3 / 10

I recently wrote a review on 'Hostage' for an English assessment. Here's the finished product.Hostage is a crime thriller released in 2005. The movie is directed by Florent-Emilio Siri and is an adaptation of Robert Crais's novel. The main star is Bruce Willis accompanied by Kevin Pollack, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker and Marshall Allman. Each character is so unique and portrayed in a very believable manner, with the coarse language heightening the intensity of the situation. Foreshadowing has been written into the plot and allows for many twists and turns that leave you taken aback.Los Angeles LAPD negotiator Jeff Talley (Willis), is shattered by an unsuccessful hostage situation which results in him taking a job as Chief of Police in a small town in California with a low crime rate, however the past has come back to haunt him as three delinquent teenagers take a family hostage, only intending to steal their car. What the three young teenagers do not realize is that they are walking into a much larger situation that they definitely have not planned for. The youngest of the three, Kevin(Allman) is the one being dragged into it all; he does not want to take any part in it but his older brother Dennis (Tucker) gets him to do his dirty work while he figures out a plan to get them all out of this situation with a little extra cash on the side. The menacing character that is Mars (Foster) and his unpredictable nature leads to events that quickly spiral out of control. As the hostage situation progresses into the night, things turn for the worse for Chief Talley which is certainly not expected.The film score for Hostage is created by Alexandre Desplat featuring the London Symphony Orchestra. There is a feeling of eerie suspense which is done by using discordant strings, piano, guitar, recorder, electronic cello and his daughter's haunting vocals which occur throughout the film. Since the majority of the film is shot at night, Florent- Emilio Siri uses backlighting and shadowing which creates very atmospheric scenes. The extreme long shot used when the three teenagers are following the family home emphasizes just how secluded the location is. Close up shots intensify the emotions and reactions of the characters while the full shots allow us viewers to read the characters body language. One of the main special effects they use for this film is flames for the raging fire. Costumes and make-up are made to portray very believable characters. The blood, the bloodied clothes, the sweat and tears and the police uniforms convey a sense of reality.Since Florent- Emilio Siri has only directed five other projects (one being a video game) which are all in French it is hard to compare Hostage to them, although Doug Richardson who wrote the screenplay for Hostage has worked with Bruce Willis before. Looking at Doug's filmography it clearly shows that he likes to work on Action/Thriller and Action/Comedy movies. Some movies similar to Hostage in the way that the main character/s is held captive are Firewall, The Call, Red Eye and Disturbia. Florent and his team of directors, writers and actors are very successful with this movie; it is extremely difficult to find any fault with it. Thriller fans everywhere must think along the same lines since it has accumulated over $77 million.Hostage is a dark, intense, edge of your seat thriller that will leave you guessing till the very end. The cast is outstanding, the plot is original and is just downright one of Bruce Willis's best performances. This movie is recommended to movie-goers aged 15 or over, thriller fans or not, who will appreciate what this dark drama has to offer. The rating this movie is going to receive is 5 stars. This is a must see!