Wait. Leave your brain at the door. No, not for this review - for the new Bruce Willis action movie "Hostage," about a sheriff
who is forced to go to drastic measures to save his family. In real-life, his family would die ten times over, but thankfully director Florent Emilio Siri left reality at the doorstep. And no, that''s not a good thing.
"Hostage" follows ex-LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley, who, a year after a tragic incident, is now working as sheriff in a small rural community. Things are pretty peaceful until the three dumbest criminals in the world decide to steal an Escalade from within the confines of a gated mansion. Instead, they kill a cop and get locked inside the house, holding a family hostage. Talley brings in the big city cops and heads home, only to be taken hostage himself and told that if he doesn''t safely retrieve a DVD containing sensitive information from within the house, his family will die. As all smart cops would do, he smiles and nods and doesn''t inform anyone about his predicament. Instead, he single-handedly engages his dumb counterparts in attempt to save his family, the family locked inside the house and himself. Oh, and one of the idiots I talked about earlier... well, he''s also a psychopath. Literally.
In concept, "Hostage" sounds pretty neat. Though it has generic thriller written all over it, I, like many people, like to see Bruce Willis in action roles. It doesn''t have to be great action; it just has to be decent. Unfortunately, "Hostage" is so full of holes it is laughable.