Hostage

2002 ""

Hostage

7.2 | en | Adventure

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.

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Released: October. 24,2002 | Released Producted By: , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Clive Owen , Maury Chaykin , Kathryn Morris

Director

Adam Lustig

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Cast

Clive Owen

as The Driver

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Maury Chaykin

as The Kidnapper

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Kathryn Morris

as Linda Delacroix (The Hostage)

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Reviews

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews You can almost always rely on John Woo to deliver great action... Face/Off and those of his films that were made before he went Hollywood, especially those featuring Chow Yun-Fat(or so I've heard; have only seen Face/Off myself) are great and popular for his unique brand of cool, stylish action. His use of slow-motion in action sequences are especially popular; here, he delivers as well... but one can't help but think about whether or not Woo(or anyone else, for that matter) actually read the script. There are quite an impressive amount of glaringly obvious plot holes for such a short action flick... but I suppose what we're supposed to pay attention to is the car(this is a commercial, after all) and its capabilities... though I think many of them are exaggerated, at least slightly, in this. The acting isn't particularly good, but Clive Owen is still great as The Driver... not that one would expect anything else from him. The action is pretty cool, that I must admit. And it somehow manages to overshadow the numerous holes in the fairly thin plot. All in all, worth a single watch, for car freaks. But not much more. I recommend it to big fans of Woo and the commercials, as well as car fanatics. 7/10

MovieAddict2016 Those words pretty much start off this nine minute BMW commercial with Clive Owen back as "The Driver."He must race to help a kidnapped victim escape from the trunk of a car with only a cell phone to talk to her.Famed Hong Kong director John Woo made this film, and that's pretty surprising considering it IS basically one long commercial.But I'll be darned if it isn't one of the best commercials I've ever seen.4/5 stars -John Ulmer

Michael Daly BMW began a very clever ad campaign in 2002 with BMW Films, making short action-oriented films revolving around a mysterious BMW driver (Clive Owen) tasked with bizarre errands. Among BMW Films' early efforts is this quick drama directed by John Woo.Known only as The Driver, he is tasked with paying a $5 million ransom to a former burger-chain executive who has kidnapped the firm's beautiful chief executive. The perp has a cellular phone link to his victim, and forces The Driver to write down the exact amount of the ransom - leaving a cryptic clue to the woman's location before the FBI bursts in and the perp kills himself. Now The Driver must roar through LA, pursued by local cops, to find the hostage before she perishes.

tyger_claw This is the first short film in the BMWFilms.com series. It features BMW's newest Mercedes being driven in different shorts with the same Wheelman.The story is that a Driver delivers Millions of dollars to one man for the whereabouts of his female hostage. FBI raid the house and the Driver has only minutes to race the city to find the hostages location (with the help of cellphone tracking systems). Does he make it? Check it out at BMWFilms.com (It's free)The movie is sweet. It's about 8 minutes long, directed by John Woo (Face/OFF and other sweet movies) For a free short film, it's definitely worth watching!

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