A "hostage thriller" is a type of story, book, or movie that involves a situation where people are taken captive by someone who threatens to harm or kill them unless certain demands are met. Full definition
Based on the incredible true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American - flagged cargo ship, «Captain Phillips» is a gripping hostage thriller that boasts some of the year's finest performances. (blog.bullz-eye.com)
Limply following in the footsteps of «Munich,» «Zero Dark Thirty» and «Argo» is the terrorist hostage thriller «6 Days,» a dramatization of the Iranian embassy crisis that gripped the UK in the spring of 1980. (thewrap.com)
And she's got even more on the way; reteaming with «Little Birds» director Elgin James on hostage thriller «Come Sundown,» and lensing Deborah Kampmeir «s Carson McCullers biopic «Lonely Hunter,» with Jena Malone. (indiewire.com)