Hostage (2005) Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jonathan Tucker, Ben Foster, Serena Scott Thomas, Rumer Willis, D: Florent Siri. Grizzled hostage negotiator Willis exchanges his LAPD badge for a police-chief job in a sleepy town after two victims are killed on his watch. He gets a shot at redemption when he simultaneously tries to free an accountant and his two kids, held hostage in their hillside armored mansion by three delinquent teens, andnot known by his fellow lawmenWillis's own wife and child, kidnapped by another group of unknown bad guys. Hard-edged, dynamically made action thriller has a veneer of sleaziness, mainly from the quietly psychotic delinquent (suitably loathsome and creepy by Foster). But its claustrophobic suspense, operatic slasher-inspired climax, and double-story make it entertaining throughout. Based on the novel by Robert Crais. Willis co-produced. 113 min., rated R. ***
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