Hostage Page #6

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
639 Views


- Two million,

- OK, Let's go,

Where's...

What's this?

This wasn't what we discussed,

This wasn't what we talked about,

Three people in the chopper,

That's all it can carry, Dennis,

I thought you were the man in charge,

Isn't that what you told me?

- You said, "I'm the man,"

- I am the man! I am in charge!

- Prove it,

- Mars, leave her!

Jenny and I aren't going nowhere,

Dennis, The man that owns

this house is a criminal,

So are his friends,

This money belongs to them,

- You want more money?

- They'll come after you and f***in' kill you,

You want more f***ing money?

You just chose

the wrong house on the wrong day,

- I'm not lying,

- Bullshit,

The only thing

I lied to you about was Smith,

He's not dead, You didn't kill anybody,

That means that you and your brother

can still beat the hard sh*t,

Just walk out of here with me,

Put those guns down and walk out now,

- Come on, don't let him f*** this up,

- Dennis, it's f***ed,

They're gonna shoot us

as soon as we get through the gate,

- You're lying to me!

- Shoot him,

- What the f*** is that?

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

Shoot him!

- I'm gonna turn around,

- You will not,

I'm gonna turn around

and walk out of here,

- And I will call you on the phone,

- Dennis, come on, Come on, Den,

- Shoot him!

- Dennis, Dennis, don't,

- We can go,

- Let him go,

- F*** you,

- Come on, Kevin, Come with me,

- Grab the bags,

- Come on,

Get the goddamn bags,

Get the bags!

God damn it, Dennis!

- Dennis...

- I am in charge,

Please, please, we need help!

Please help us!

No, please! Please!

No, please! Help! No!

Stand down, Stand down,

Kids are in the house,

I f***ing hate you.

I want to go,

Please,

I want to go,

- I'm your brother,

- I said I've f***ing had it,

I'm your brother!

So you gotta choose, Me or Mars,

I choose the money,

Oh, You choose the money,

You choose the money?

- What do you think of that?

- Done?

Chief Talley,

The situation

has clearly gotten away from you,

Your flagrant disregard for protocol

has unnecessarily placed yourself

and my officers in the line of fire,

My opinion? You remain in command,

there's a probability of a negative outcome,

Jeff!

- What are you doing?

- No, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff,

You've just made it easier, Chief,

You're done, You're finished,

Chief Talley? The FBI's here at

the barricade and they're asking for you.

Where's Chief Talley?

Laura Shoemaker, Sheriff's Department,

I'm in command,

Are you Talley?

Walter Smith and his family are witnesses

under federal protection,

Chief, the US government would like to

thank you for your service and cooperation,

Chief, move, now,

Chief Talley is no longer in command here,

This is a federal matter now, ma'am,

Get in,

That would be the white phone,

Ah...

- Yeah,

- You're almost home, Talley.

All you have to do is stay put

and leave the rest to my men.

When they recover the DVD,

you recover your family.

Counterfeit feds,

Must be very expensive,

Maybe they're real,

and maybe not.

The less you know, the better for you.

Don't f***ing touch me,

Look, when all this sh*t's done, it's just

gonna be you and me again, OK, Kev?

And with this kind of cake...

I mean, rich people

always got a way out, you know?

Come on, let me see how bad it is,

Kev,

God damn it, there are kids in that house,

Turn this into a smash-and-grab job

and people are gonna get killed,

You have your instructions, I have mine,

We'll leave it at that,

Come any closer to the house

and your family is dead,

It's over,

I'm taking them and going,

OK,

You gotta go, huh?

Go,

Sh*t!

Sh*t, Sh*t,

They shot him, They shot him,

I'm sorry, Kevin, I'm really sorry,

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

Sh*t!

Mars, they shot Kevin! Mars!

- Dennis,

- Mars?

Please, do something, Please,

Please, please, please...

- I am,

- What?

Come on, hurry!

Hurry, please!

Come on, hurry! Faster! Come on!

Hurry, Hurry!

Tommy! Run, Tommy, run!

Shoot him, Tommy! Shoot him!

Shoot him!

Tommy, shoot him! Shoot him!

Shoot him, Tommy! Shoot him! Shoot him!

Do it,

Please, Do it,

Safety first,

Come on!

Come on, come on! Follow me!

Go, go, go!

Come on, Tommy,

Pick it up, kid, Come on,

- Come on, Tommy, pick it up,

- Chief Talley?

- Who are you talking to?

- Tommy, where are you?

- He's coming!

- Run away!

Tommy, Tommy, can you hear me?

Answer me, Tommy.

- Go faster, go faster,

- Come on,

Come on, This way,

Oh, Jesus,

No!

Come on, you've gotta go faster!

Come on!

Go, go! He's coming,

Tommy!

Tommy, answer me,

Answer me, Tommy!

It's OK, He can't see us,

He can't see us,

Oh, my God,

Oh, my God! No! No!

Christ!

- Chief Talley!

- You did very good, You did really good,

OK,

Jennifer, come on,

We have to leave right now,

Come on, Get that shower on in there, Go,

- Get the shower on, get some towels wet,

- I found them,

Get 'em soaked,

Tommy, come on, Come on,

- I've got your special movies,

- Oh, my God,

You were very brave,

But it's not over, right?

Go help your sister, We're still

in trouble, all right? Hurry, please,

F***!

Come on, come on, Get down,

Gun - down,

Turn around, slowly,

Nobody leaves till I get what I need,

Just let 'em get to the front door,

Just let 'em go,

Down, Get down!

Come on,

Thanks for everything, man,

How bad?

You could be bleeding to death,

we wouldn't even know it,

You gotta get to a hospital, Jeff, Now,

No time,

Yeah?

Do you know how bad you have

f***ed this up? Your family is dead!

- Shut up,

- They are f***ing dead.

Shut up,

Just shut up and listen to this,

- F***! Talk,

- It's me,

This is Walter Smith,

Now what?

Look out the window,

Listen to me, I...

I don't even know who these people are,

Or what they do, I cook the books,

You know, set up shell companies,

offshore accounts,

And then I would encrypt it onto a disk

and leave it at the drop point,

I mean...

It was never face to face,

I want to see my family,

Jane? Amanda?

Shh, Shh,

It's OK, baby,

We're gonna be out of here

in just a minute,

Now, only the famous Jeff Talley

could come up with a rig like that,

And I see you've taken a bullet,

Walter, you're looking

fairly banged-up as well,

How do I know you still have what I need?

- Trinidad...

- Wait,

- Go ahead,

- Trinidad Mercantile, Dominican Republic,

Uh... Michelangelo Sister Trust,

The account number's Brenda 65007265,

...65,

Um... Um...

- Dutch Antilles National...

- Shut up,

- Dutch Antilles...

- Shut up, Walter,

- You're good,

- OK,

You can let 'em leave now, right?

Just let my family leave,

Walk 'em to the door,

I leave with 'em, Smith stays here,

Everybody's happy,

I haven't seen your face,

I haven't seen any of your faces!

I leave you alone, you leave me alone,

You're negotiating?

Is that what this is, Talley?

You're gonna wear me down?

I'm just trying to bring us all home,

Cut Walter loose, Send him over next

to me, and we will disappear into the day,

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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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