Hostage
Release date: 2005-03-10
Votes: 1649
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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