Hostage Page #3

Synopsis: Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter when three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Florent-Emilio Siri
Production: Miramax
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
2005
113 min
$34,617,915
Website
646 Views


- We can't get out this way, either,

- Hey, Dennis, Dennis,

- What?

- Dennis,

- What?

That cop... Mars just started shooting,

You know what, Kevin? Mars had a reason,

- Had a reason?

- Yeah,

Dennis, you've known that guy,

like, three weeks, and he just shot a cop,

Whose fault

do you think that was, Kevin? Huh?

- He shot a cop,

- Huh?

Maybe you should've stayed in the truck,

If you'd listened, you could've warned us,

You could've lied to the cop, Done

something other than f***ing this sh*t up,

There's no way out up here,

Hey, you guys

gotta come see this sh*t,

Kitchen, Driveway,

And office right there,

Holy sh*t,

...apparently

a hostage situation is unfolding.

We have no further information,

other than the pictures that you see here.

F***in' rich people,

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

This is bad, No, this is bad!

F***in' rich people,

Put it back,

- Claustrophobic?

- Try fuckedophobic,

Mars, Mars, Kevin,

F***ing check this out,

Hi. This is Walter Smith. You've reached

my voice mail. Please leave a message.

We have a problem,

I can't get to the accountant,

I know, I'm watching it on TV,

We must get control of this situation,

We have nine hours until the hand-off,

Bristo Camino

has a very small police department,

so we have requested the assistance

of Ventura County Sheriff's Department,

who will be here shortly.

Chief, we understand the dead officer...

- Would you stop it?

- We need to help Daddy,

Shut up, Watch the TV,

That's the police, OK? They're gonna help,

- We gotta cut the tape,

- Shut up,

Roll together, OK? Off the bed, Then, like,

maybe we can get what's under the bed,

- Under my bed? What's under my bed?

- Your bong, We can break it,

What? You've been sneaking in my room?

- Come on, hurry, Faster, You gotta do it,

- I'm trying,

Wait, shh,

Christ, What are you guys doing?

You didn't hear that?

All right, come on, Fight with me now,

- Stop screaming, you little gerbil...

- Help! Help!

Jesus Christ, You're kidding me,

Are you kidding me?

The kid... Cut him, yeah, Cut him,

The kid weighs, like, 30 pounds,

Are you kidding me? Tie him up, OK?

Tie him up in his own room,

Please try doing it right, OK?

Please do it right,

- You get the girl,

- It'll be OK!

Do it right without dickin' it up,

What about my brother?

Don't worry about him,

You cold?

No,

I'm Marshall,

What's your name?

Jennifer,

Please,

Please,

...the situation is under control...

"Jeff Talley, Chief of Police,"

- Asked for the helicopter yet?

- Right from the jump,

Might want to get a minister

or a priest up here,

Like riding a bike, isn't it?

- Want to talk to him?

- Robby!

Got me that dedicated line yet?

You miss LA?

Five minutes,

scout team, five minutes,

- Speed dial one?

- Yeah,

- Yeah?

- Dennis, this is Jeff Talley,

I'm gonna introduce you to Wil Bechler

from the Sheriff's Department,

Are you ready to talk to him?

Is he the guy?

Yeah, Dennis, This is the guy,

Hang on,

Good luck, I'll see you around,

Captain Shoemaker? Captain?

- Thank you for coming up,

- Thanks, Jeff,

- Anything you need, give me a call,

- Got it,

...apparent hostage situation is unfolding.

Well, Jim, details are still a bit incomplete

right now, but here's what we know so far.

Earlier today, a police officer

was shot and killed while in...

Hey, How you doing? It's me,

You guys almost home?

Actually, we're still at your place.

After you left, Amanda and I,

we had another fight,

She turned on the TV.

We've been watching it all.

Well...

I turned it over to County,

so I'm not there anymore,

Look, I know you're busy,

but can you stop by for a little bit?

I think I can, yeah,

I have to go by Carol's,

She had a kid,

It's not your fault she's dead, Jeff.

You know?

It's not your fault.

Yeah,

- So, what was the argument about?

- Oh, you know. What it's always about.

She's afraid we're gonna get divorced,

What do you think, Jane?

You think we're gonna get divorced?

- No.

- Good, Me neither,

- So, I'll see you in a minute,

- OK.

- Say hi to Amanda,

- I will.

- OK,

- I love you.

Whoo!

Drive,

I know you're scared, but as long as

you don't do anything stupid,

we're not gonna hurt you,

Do you understand?

What do you want?

I want you to put your hands

on the roof of the car,

Pardon me,

Now, would you mind putting your left

hand through the steering wheel, please?

Now bring me the right,

Good,

Good,

Now the guy behind you

is gonna take hold of you,

Don't struggle, It's for your own good,

Please,

Eyes in the rearview mirror, Now,

- Daddy!

- Jane! Amanda!

I know, I know, I know,

But at least they're still alive,

From this point on,

you control what happens to them,

Can we let you go?

Can you be calm?

Good, Good,

Now, listen to me, I want you

to go back to Walter Smith's house,

There's a DVD inside Walter Smith's

house that belongs to me,

I'm no longer in command,

You are going to reassume command

until my people arrive to finish the job,

You're not gonna let anyone

go into the house or anything come out,

Are you with me so far?

How am I gonna do that?

You... are the famous Jeff Talley,

Ten years SWAT,

seven years prime hostage negotiator,

You'll figure it out,

When this white phone rings,

it'll be me with further instructions,

If you deviate from the plan one little bit,

I will kill your wife,

And then I will kill your child,

But when I have what I want,

you get your family back,

Here,

Now, you wait until our van is gone

before you uncuff yourself,

Let's bring this home, Talley,

- Yeah?

- We have a boy on the line.

And he says he's Tommy Smith.

I was gonna turn him over to the Sheriff's,

but he says he saw you on TV

and he wants to speak with you,

- All right, Louise. Put him on.

- Hold on,

- You're the man on TV?

- Yes, Tommy, this is the man on TV,

The guy called Dennis hit my dad,

and now he's...

Slow down, slow down, slow down,

Slow down, Tommy, Slow down,

I'm really, really scared,

and you gotta help us.

Slow down and take it easy,

Was your dad shot?

Dennis hit him

a bunch of times with his gun.

- He hit my dad.

- Tommy, Tommy, Tommy!

- He needs a doctor.

- Try and talk quietly, OK?

- Just take it easy,

- OK.

All right,

Are you in a safe place?

I'm in my bedroom.

They think I'm tied up, but I got free.

Wait, Tommy,

How do you know they can't hear you?

'Cause I can see them

on the security channel.

Tell me everything you can see on the TV,

I see Dennis,

I see Kevin,

I see trees,

I see army men.

I see... the Mars guy...

Wait, Tommy.

Tell me about Mars,

- Captain Shoemaker?

- Get me an aerial shot ASAP,

This is Shoemaker,

They're watching you

on the outside cameras.

Chief Talley?

The suspects inside the house

are watching you,

- They're watching every move you make,

- Where did you get this information?

If I were you I'd be thinking about

what to do with that information,

Mikey, Yeah, it's me, Listen to me,

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Doug Richardson

Doug Richardson is an American screenwriter and novelist, who specializes in action movies and thrillers.He first made an impression with his as yet unproduced spec script Hell Bent... and Back which sold for one million dollars. He wrote an adaptation of Walter Wager's novel 58 Minutes which became the basis for the sequel Die Hard 2. Other screenplays include Bad Boys and Hostage.His novels include 99 Percent Kill: A Lucky Dey Thriler, Blood Money, The Safety Expert, True Believers, and Dark Horse. Richardson's first non-fiction book, The Smoking Gun: True Tales from Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches is a collection of popular weekly blogs from his website. more…

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