Hostage Page #5

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
645 Views


we use the rope, we climb up over the rock,

That's so stupid, They got

helicopters, They got night vision and sh*t,

Don't be a dumb-ass,

We're not gonna walk out the front door,

How you gonna

get the Benjamins up the rock?

What are you gonna do?

You've done nothing! Do something!

You think we're gonna

get out of this? Are you crazy?

Then do anything, Anything!

Do something, Kevin, Huh? Something,

I want to hear your plan,

Please, tell me your plan, Please,

- Burn it,

- What?

The house, We burn it,

Lots of smoke,

Helicopters can't see through smoke,

What about the brother and sister?

Huh?

Huh? What about the brother and sister?

You're not killing any more people,

Classic foster product,

At three years old, Marshall Krupcheck

witnesses daddy kill mommy,

then sees daddy kill himself,

You can guess the rest, Look at this,

He was only 17 at the time,

The clerk, he's trying to say something,

- He's saying, "Help me,"

- Yeah,

Why is he standing there?

Why is he just standing there?

He's not just standing there,

He's watching him die,

We're talking to the wrong guy,

It sucks your mom died,

My mom, she just...

She just walked out on my old man,

And he just, like... died,

He died of a broken heart,

I know you're scared,

But I'm scared too,

You want some?

What's the best day of your life?

You don't know?

Mine's today,

That's my girl,

That's my girl,

- Go, Louise,

- It's Tommy Smith again.

Yeah, put him on,

Tommy,

you're talking to Chief Talley.

Hey, Tommy, How you doing, buddy?

- OK.

- Where are you?

- I'm in my secret place.

- Where's your secret place, Tommy?

It's kind of like this tunnel place.

- Got plans on the house yet?

- I found it above my...

Tommy... Tommy, listen to me, buddy,

What exactly is in your secret place?

Has it got, like,

pipes and wires running through it?

- Yeah,

- He's in the crawlspace,

Where does your secret space lead to,

Tommy?

Like, everywhere,

- Chief Talley?

- Yeah, I'm still here, Tommy,

Dennis... he found my daddy's Benjamins,

What's a Benjamin?

A Benjamin

is a hundred-dollar bill, Tommy,

How many Benjamins

does your daddy have?

Two big bags,

- Chief Talley?

- Yeah, Tommy?

Is my daddy gonna be OK?

Yeah, son, A good friend of mine

is watching over him,

Tommy, I need you to go back

to your room right now, OK?

OK,

Did you turn your sister's cell phone

on vibrate like I told you?

- Yeah.

- Good boy,

Wait for me to call you back, OK?

- OK,

- All right.

- I gotta get better plans to this house,

- s

Where's Shoemaker?

- Yeah,

- It's about Walter Smith.

- What happened?

- He's awake.

- I gave him the shot,

- OK.

Thanks.

Mr, Smith, my name is Jeff Talley,

I'm the chief of police

here in Bristo Camino,

I've been talking to your son, Tommy,

He's still inside the house,

along with his sister Jennifer,

I know you know the kind of young men

they're dealing with,

I need that DVD, Mr, Smith,

You know what I'm talking about,

You save my children,

Of course I want to save your family,

But the only way I can do it

is if I get that DVD,

Heaven Can Wait.

Where is it?

Office.

Tommy,

- You OK, buddy?

- Yeah, I'm fine,

Good.

Tommy, I have to ask you

a grown-up question now, OK?

OK,

If you could do it safely,

and only if you could do it safely,

could you get into your daddy's office

without anyone seeing you?

I guess so, But my daddy says

I'm never ever supposed to go in there,

Shh, Keep your voice down, buddy,

Keep your voice down, Remember?

OK. OK.

- Tommy, do you like to play video games?

- Yeah,

Do you?

What kind of games do you play?

I like Monster Jam,

I play Bounty Hunter, I play Wubba Zorg...

Wubba Zorg, I know Wubba Zorg,

I know that game,

That means you know

who Agent Zero is, right?

Yeah.

What do you think

Agent Zero would do right now?

Do you think he would say

"never ever," Tommy?

No, he wouldn't say "never,"

Agent Zero would help Captain Wubba

save Planet Xenon,

Are you like Captain...

Are you like Captain Wubba?

And my house is Planet Xenon.

And Captain Wubba's

gonna save Planet Xenon,

Right?

Yeah, Tommy,

Captain Wubba's

gonna save Planet Xenon,

But I need your help.

Well, the most efficient entry point

is here, The pool area,

Four-man team ropes in, Silent entry

through one of the skylights here,

All right,

I put the doer and the two boys here in the

courtyard, I keep the two kids in the house,

- How much time you need for the play?

- Two minutes,

Say you can get

the hostages to the pool area,

How are you gonna get all three suspects

to this side of the house?

Well, we're about to jump off that bridge,

aren't we?

- Yeah?

- I'm coming up.

- What?

- You and I are gonna talk.

Make sure you're alone.

Dennis?

Dennis?

What do you want?

You by yourself?

Yeah,

We got a problem, Dennis,

Oh, yeah?

Yeah,

Walter Smith just died,

Hear what I said?

Yeah,

I know Mars killed my cop,

but Smith's death is on you, man,

Things just got a lot more complicated,

didn't they, Dennis?

Not to mention the fact

that helicopters are very expensive,

Gotta pay for the fuel, the pilot...

chief of police,

You know what cops do

when they retire, Dennis?

They play golf,

I don't want to play golf,

I hate f***ing golf,

I want a house on the golf course,

I want that,

Walter Smith talked to me before he died,

I know about the money,

I don't know sh*t about money, man, I don't

know sh*t about what you're talking about,

I'm talking about a transaction,

You want a helicopter,

I want a house on the golf course,

Fifty thousand,

Maybe you can negotiate

with the sheriffs for that,

No, No!

No,

Sh*t,

Half,

I'll give you half, OK?

That's, like... two million, OK?

Half is good,

All right, Sell it to your crew,

Jennifer and Tommy stay in the house,

The three of you

down here in the courtyard,

I'll trade the helicopter for the cash,

How do I know

the pilot's not gonna shoot me?

Let me worry about the pilot,

You just make sure he gets that bag,

understand?

Yeah,

Half an hour,

Heaven... Can... Wait.

I'm the one who did this, I'm

the one who had the balls, I made the deal,

Fine, Whatever, Just get us out,

I'm getting us out, Kevin,

What do you think I'm doing?

- You're just making it worse,

- Look, I always take care of you,

Bullshit,

That's the way it is, Kevin,

Always has been and always will be,

Always, OK?

What... What if they just want

to get us outside just to shoot us?

They could have killed us,

like, a million times, Kev,

But they didn't,

because Talley wants to get paid,

Yeah, Get paid and then shoot us,

We're leaving,

Wait, Leaving where?

We're going on a helicopter ride,

No, No, I don't want to,

I'm not your girl,

I'm not going anywhere with you,

I'm not leaving...

You're my girl,

And my girl comes with me,

Red team ropes in,

Upon entry, our packages should be here,

This indoor pool area, Any questions?

It's all there!

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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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