Parce qu'il a été incapable d'empêcher le meurtre d'une jeune femme et de son enfant, Jeff Talley, ex-policier de Los Angeles spécialiste des négociations en cas d'enlèvement, a tout quitté pour devenir chef du bureau de police d'une ville reculée. Il ne pouvait pas prévoir que trois petits malfrats allaient prendre en otage la famille d'un expert comptable bien moins banal qu'il n'y paraît... Conscients des enjeux, les mystérieux commanditaires de ce comptable de plus en plus louche kidnappent la femme et la fille de Talley pour le contraindre à réendosser le rôle qu'il ne voulait surtout plus jamais jouer. Face au cauchemar qui recommence, il n'a pas le droit à l'erreur..
Set in 1980's Australia, this is the true story of a woman whose husband eventually reveals to her that he is an active member of the Nazi party. A real nightmare begins for her..
A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover..
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital..
Young cheerleader Ashley is adopted by her parent’s killers. Years later, during a home robbery, her crazed family reveal what they are really capable of and Ashley must decide who’s side she is on..
Jimmy Pizaras’ ultimate goal in life is to kill the drug lord Johnny Morales to avenge the death of his daughter Annie and cousin Congressman Santos. Jimmy devised several plans to execute his goal. But when his last plan failed, he then took his enemy’s daughter Mabel as a hostage. However, Jimmy learned that Mabel is just Johnny’s adoptive daughter, who was just used to project a better public image. Jimmy, still eager to pursue his vengeful goal, hid the child in a far-flung village. There, he met Gina..
After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible secret and hunted by her father, a man desperate for revenge and a need to silence her forever... Alone on the run, she will do whatever it takes to survive and find the one person who can clear her name - her mother. She's a desperate woman on a desperate mission and the only person who can save her is the only person who cares... her Hostage ..
Une chirurgienne renommée, Yael Danon, est choisie pour une opération bénigne du Premier ministre israélien. La veille de l'intervention, sa famille est prise en otage dans sa propre maison par un groupe de personnes encagoulées. Les kidnappeurs exigent d'elle que le Premier ministre meure durant l'opération en échange de la vie de sa famille..
Against the backdrop of the bombing campaign in Britain and the Northern Ireland Hunger Strike, a young woman joins a terrorist operation which takes three people hostage. Over the days of their captivity, she questions her own involvement and the history of Ireland which has brought her to this point..
Hostage is a six-part Irish history documentary television series broadcast on RTÉ One in June 2008 each Friday at 20:30. The series spans a period from the 1970s to the 1990s and features footage from the RTÉ Archive Production Unit of bank raids and political kidnaps in remote locations such as Beirut and Clonmel. Amongst the more widely publicised cases featured on the show is the story of Mary Coen, a Galway nurse who was kidnapped by a liberation movement in Western Ethiopia in 1988. She was one of two Irish nurses who were working with the Irish charity Concern Worldwide. They had travelled to remote Western Ethiopia the year before Mary Coen's kidnap to work on a Concern project in the African country. The series is produced by the RTÉ Archive Unit..
Wealth strikes Ken as he helps his close friends invest In a once in a lifetime business opportunity. Ken somehow finds himself in a ransom with a Street cartel who wants what they see..
Bra Jack and his two underlings, Jabu and Thabi, decide to blackmail a young local businessman by the name of Ben. Their plan is to use one of his warehouses at the harbour to store a shipment of drugs coming in soon. Ben, proving himself an upstanding citizen, refuses to cooperate. This is until his wife, Thuli, is kidnapped by the crooks..
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages..
From writers Laura Ashley Polisena and Eddie Augustin (also director), the film follows young cheerleader Ashley, who was adopted by her parent’s killers. Years later, during a home robbery, her crazed family reveal what they are really capable of and Ashley must decide who’s side she is on..
Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not alone..
A young woman confronts her boyfriend to discuss the future of their relationship — on her own unique terms..
A girl in captivity plots to get revenge on her captor..
A man becomes the target of a bizarre kidnapping and discovers that his kidnapper is someone who is particularly close to him..
Père célibataire et ancien marine, Kyle Snowden, souffre de stress post-traumatique. Il a bien du mal à se réadapter à la vie. Bientôt, Kyle se retrouve, avec un groupe de clients innocents, piégé dans le magasin de son beau-père lors d'une prise d'otage par un militant, Eagan Raize. Des détails troublants émergent sur la violente vendetta d'Eagan contre le beau-père de Kyle, le député Sam Nelson, menaçant la vie de toutes les personnes présentes, y compris le député et la jeune fille de Kyle..
An adaptation of the novel The Three Hostages by John Buchan..
