Hostage Page #2

Synopsis: Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter when three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Florent-Emilio Siri
Production: Miramax
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
2005
113 min
$34,617,915
Website
626 Views


- You got $ 200? Huh?

- Shut up, Kevin,

Green light,

If you have four dollars, you can't

give him seven, So you have to borrow,

Yeah, but... so you're...

If you're studying borrowing,

you have to know

exactly how much you're borrowing,

OK, Bye,

- Can I go hang at the Plaza tonight?

- The Plaza?

- Yeah, just friends, It might be a movie,

- Can we have Mr, Kim's tonight?

- Can you wait?

- Oh, Mr, Kim we have on speed dial,

- I'm hungry,

- I'm talking,

I'm ordering, Hello, yes, I wanted to

put in an order, please, to pick up,

- What about homework?

- Done,

Ha, I almost believe that,

Yeah, We'd like to order...

Well, what would we like to order?

Kev, do the Dew, In super size,

Hey, why do I always gotta go?

If I'm buying, you're flying,

Get out of the truck,

- You should listen to your brother,

- Give me some money then,

It's in the box,

What's that for? Dennis?

Check the car, Check the car, Mars,

Hey, I know her,

I mean... I don't know her,

I've seen her around,

- You know where she lives?

- No,

Oh, you think it's funny?

Rich b*tch driving in her daddy's Escalade,

F*** you,

- Hello, Louise,

- Afternoon, Chief,

Who's in the field?

Ruiz and Kovaks are working

a TC over on Monte Verde,

Two units, one fender bender,

Hope she's 18,

- Afternoon, Chief,

- Bill,

Mikey, Very dynamic wheels,

- Casual Monday?

- Well, Chief, I...

How do you expect

to be taken seriously as a cop

if you're gonna wear

sneakers to work, kid?

- I'm sorry, Chief, It won't happen again,

- That's what you said on Casual Sunday,

- It was the play-offs,

- Yeah,

What do you say we rename today

"Low-crime Monday"?

- Followed by what?

- Low-crime Tuesday,

That's right,

Low-crime Tuesday,

Yes, I would say

Brenda's looking very good,

Fine, Couple of minutes,

Daddy?

Uh, can you give me just a second?

My son just walked in,

What's this attached to my ear?

- A phone,

- Why is it attached to my ear?

- 'Cause you're talking on it?

- Which means you are...

- Interrupting your conversation?

- That's my genius,

OK, Mr, Genius, What I'd like is

all your homework done, on my desk,

before any more television, Sound good?

- God...

- I know,

How about getting

the doors there for me, champ?

- Appreciate it, One, and then...

- The other,

Yeah, Thanks, champ,

OK, I am ready

to loan you Heaven Can Wait.

What time would you like me to drop it?

OK,

Done,

I like it,

Let's just go to the movies,

We're gonna go to the movies,

- But first we're gonna take daddy's car,

- No, man,

Dennis, this is way worse

than any sh*t you've done before,

Stay in the truck, OK?

Dad, you're such a dinosaur!

All right, All I'm saying

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Doug Richardson

Doug Richardson is an American screenwriter and novelist, who specializes in action movies and thrillers.He first made an impression with his as yet unproduced spec script Hell Bent... and Back which sold for one million dollars. He wrote an adaptation of Walter Wager's novel 58 Minutes which became the basis for the sequel Die Hard 2. Other screenplays include Bad Boys and Hostage.His novels include 99 Percent Kill: A Lucky Dey Thriler, Blood Money, The Safety Expert, True Believers, and Dark Horse. Richardson's first non-fiction book, The Smoking Gun: True Tales from Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches is a collection of popular weekly blogs from his website. more…

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