Hostage

A rare Bruce Willis movie that I have never seen.

Willis plays a ex hostage negotiator burnt out from failing his last case. Now he’s a chief of police in some small hick town where crime does not happen. So guess what happens? crime. Three rowdy ruff boys (One played by a younger Ben Foster), get flip the bird by a rich chick and of course they can’t let that go and end up taking her and her family hostage, in what turned out to be the most dramatic gun fight I’ve seen, and now I’m totally invested in watching this movie, which is worth it when it turns they pick the wrong family to mess with, and Willis has to get his head back into the game to get it all under control.

The movie is cleaver in it’s delivery. Trying not to fall into the heroic cliches we see in movies. Bruce Willis plays a man completely dedicated to his family and not the job, but unfortunately the job is dedicated to him, and as such, twist and turns within the film keep pulling him back into the mix just when he was close to getting out.

This is a really good Bruce Willis movie too. Not really what you expect and yet everything you need from Bruce Willis. Lots of Drama and suspense and very action packed. Some of the action is a little corny as it goes over the top, but still it does the trick. Bruce gets to play a dramatic role as he goes crazy trying to get the job done because as the movie progress he has more invested in  the whole thing.

Very surprise that I’ve never seen this one before, it’s actually a really good picture.