Hostage
Miramax Films | Release Date: March 11, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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60
EmpireStaff (Not credited)
Right from the intriguing opening sequence, which hints at the bleakness which envelops the movie, Willis’ Talley is an interesting character. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
What sends this initially tense thriller over the precipice is a plot scheme that never knows when enough is enough. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Brainlessly efficient action thriller. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Certainly delivers violence and heroics, but not in a way everyone is going to enjoy -- it's brutal and harrowing. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
There's a gripping thriller between the gaps in logic. Director Florent Siri has a tough style and an unforgiving attitude, but it drowns in the queasy blood lust. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The action is dynamically filmed and Willis is at his best. Suspense is soon hijacked by outright gore and grisliness, though. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
From the first strains of its overly dramatic, self-important score -- come on, this is not by any stretch of the imagination "Citizen Kane." Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Especially discomfiting is the stream of kids in peril. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's a B-flick all the way, but it has no pretensions to the contrary, and that's some kind of refreshing. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
By the time the film escalates into a suitably ridiculous Grand Guignol finale, all connection to reality has been severed. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Bruce looks hot and underplays handsomely as always, but Hostage is a steaming pile of siege clichés and screaming unlikelihoods. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The amazing thing is how dull a movie crawling with gunfire, psycho tantrums and stuff blowing up can be when you just don't care what happens to anyone. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Director Siri has a stylish eye that makes this film resemble a film noir outing, but the script (by Doug Richardson) is at first routine before growing increasingly outlandish. Read full review
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