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Release Date:
October 24, 2002
Original Title:
Hostage
Alternate Titles:
The Hire: Hostage
Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller
Production Companies:
RSA Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 10
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Art Direction:
Adam Lustig
Casting:
Mindy Marin
Co-Executive Producer:
Brian DiLorenzo
Philip Steuer
Co-Producer:
Arthur Anderson
Costume Design:
Kim Bowen
Director:
John Woo
Director of Photography:
Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editor:
Jeff Gullo
Angus Wall
Executive Producer:
Jules Daly
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
Key Hair Stylist:
Daniel Erdman
Key Makeup Artist:
Gina Monaci
Original Music Composer:
Steve Jablonsky
Producer:
Tony McGarry
Production Design:
Deborah Evans
Stunts:
Jose Vasquez
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