I really enjoyed this movie. I hadn't seen an action film - and a Bruce Willis one at that - in quite awhile. Hostage is every bit as good as Die Hard, probably better.
Willis was a little less one dimensional here. He has a family and has to balance that with his job. He has a lot more responsibility than some of his other action flicks. But, there is still the renegade quality which only he can bring to the screen. I like that.
One unique thing about this movie was that Willis is battling not just the bad guys, but the bad guys, but the bad guys times two. In this case you have the punk kids that are maniacs to contend with, but at the same time he has to balance his assault on them with the fact that the white collar bad guys have their own agenda. And, the agenda of one contradicts the agenda of the other - with Willis and several other innocents caught in the middle. Of course, he has to work around the state police and the FBI to make everything work out.
Lots of violence and not just to humans. We get to see one of the coolest houses you will ever see get trashed. That was almost painful, but memorable.
I rarely give an action movie anything as high as a 9, but this is about as good as it gets.
Willis was a little less one dimensional here. He has a family and has to balance that with his job. He has a lot more responsibility than some of his other action flicks. But, there is still the renegade quality which only he can bring to the screen. I like that.
One unique thing about this movie was that Willis is battling not just the bad guys, but the bad guys, but the bad guys times two. In this case you have the punk kids that are maniacs to contend with, but at the same time he has to balance his assault on them with the fact that the white collar bad guys have their own agenda. And, the agenda of one contradicts the agenda of the other - with Willis and several other innocents caught in the middle. Of course, he has to work around the state police and the FBI to make everything work out.
Lots of violence and not just to humans. We get to see one of the coolest houses you will ever see get trashed. That was almost painful, but memorable.
I rarely give an action movie anything as high as a 9, but this is about as good as it gets.