If you have to hole up in a Key Largo hotel to wait out a hurricane, you’d be hard-pressed to find better company than Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Edward G.
It’s incredibly charming, especially Howard as the romantic dilettante, and the ending, though sweet, is surprisingly dark for such an airy confection of a film. A tender rapport forms thanks to the arrival of Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart), a notorious gangster who holds the diner hostage. Lonely Gabrielle (Bette Davis), a waitress with artist aspirations and dreams of going to France, is perked up by the arrival of Alan (Leslie Howard), a British hitchhiker crossing the States in search of himself. 'The Petrified Forest' (1936)Ī waitress, a gangster and a charming drifter collide in a dusty diner in northern Arizona.
Sometimes hostage situations inspire acts of heroism, other times they result in tragedy.īut in all their variations, they make for great movies.įrom pulse-pounding action-thrillers to somber dramas, here are 10 of the best hostage movies. It runs the gamut of human emotions: fear, anger, compassion, relief.
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This dialogue-heavy movie can be fun, but it isn’t the psychological thrill ride it aims to be.It doesn’t take much digging to unearth the drama in a hostage situation. HOSTAGE is a beautiful looking film, with the perfect blend of cinematography, set design, and lighting, but the writing for these characters was so off-putting that I didn’t really care who won this rat race to the bottom. She is both a victim and an antagonist and, as I watched, I didn’t know if I should help her or run from her. Her torment of the burglar is difficult to watch but captivating, and at times, you might feel a bit sorry for her. She rides the line of being completely psychotic while also seeming like your friendly suburban housewife. Tina Trineer, in particular, has some wonderful scenes. If you can stick out those moments of cringe, there is actually some good acting to be seen here. This writing doesn’t only feel cheap but also can be potentially triggering or off-putting, turning off a potential viewer completely. Ashley, herself, persistently accuses the burglar of trying to rape her. As we meet Ashley’s mother (Tina Trineer) she follows up with the N-word too, so we know she isn’t a good person. Immediately you’d want to side with the family whose home has been broken into, but the father who seems decent enough blurts out the N-word several times in the early goings of the movie. The biggest flaw of HOSTAGE is that it takes cheap routes to make certain characters eviler than others. From here on out it becomes a mostly dialogue-led movie filled with lies, manipulation, and unfortunately lots of upsetting language, and not in the sense of 4-letter words. They tie the burglar to a chair and hold him hostage, hence the name. Unfortunately for him, Ashley (Nicole Henderson) and her father (Daryl Marks) are home. A man ( Mike Cannz) breaks into a home not knowing if anyone is home. Sometimes, that quest comes at the detriment of the story itself.Īfter briefly showing a glimpse at what is to come, HOSTAGE begins its story with a burglary. I’ve seen movies similar to this, where the villain ends up being some sort of anti-hero, but this movie is in a consistent pursuit of finding out who is more evil. Who can be the most evil? Sometimes I think that’s what Eddie Augustin’s full-length feature debut film HOSTAGE is asking.
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