A Hijacking (R for profanity)
Hostage drama about the tension which unfolds when a gang of Somali pirates demands a multimillion dollar ransom after commandeering a cargo ship on the high seas.
Not exact matches
But the sprawling narrative, including flashbacks to terrorist training in Frankfurt and Yemen, and a misguided, metaphorical subplot of an Israeli dance troupe performing on stage, leaves little room to learn more
about the rest of the Air France crew or even the
hostages, who register as little more than extras in the
drama.
Room, a
drama about a woman and her son held
hostage in a garden shed, is reckoned by many as an Oscars frontrunner; the Baftas appear less keen.
Veteran TV director Jerry Jameson fails to think bigger than the small screen with this flat, preachy true story
drama about a killer on the run (David Oyelowo) connecting with the recovering drug addict he takes
hostage (Kate Mara).
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about the CIA with Argo, an ultimately breezy spy
drama based on the covert, real - life 1980 rescue of six of the Iran
hostages.
Oliver Reed stars in the 1977
drama about a
hostage negotiator trying to secure the release of Susan George from her partner.
War Story (Unrated) PTSD
drama about a former Libyan
hostage (Catherine Keener) decompressing in Sicily where she divides her time between an ex - lover / mentor (Ben Kingsley) and a young Tunisian (Hafsia Herzi) trying to migrate to France.
THE NEGOTIATOR This routine action
drama,
about a
hostage negotiator (Samuel L. Jackson) who takes
hostages, is elevated into the category of «not bad» by Kevin Spacey's performance as an honest
hostage negotiator surrounded by corruption.
Complex action
drama about a family of a surgeon (Toni Collette) taken
hostage by a loose cannon FBI agent (Dylan McDermott).
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Unrated) Coming - of - age
drama about a juvenile delinquent (George Pistereanu) just a couple weeks from being paroled after serving four years in a youth correctional facility who, against his better judgment, impulsively decides to hold
hostage the cute social worker (Ada Condeescu) he has a crush on.