Tag Archives: negotiator

Hostage

IMDB Rating: 6.70
19068 votes

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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 a convenience store robbery goes wrong in his turf, the 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.
Actors
Jeff TalleyBruce Willis
Walter SmithKevin Pollak
Tommy SmithJimmy Bennett
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

John Q

IMDB Rating: 6.40
15343 votes

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John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant.
Actors
John Quincy ArchibaldDenzel Washington
Beautiful WomanGabriela Oltean
Lt. Frank GrimesRobert Duvall
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (4)

Proof of Life

IMDB Rating: 6.10
13690 votes

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In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company's subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt, the oil company washes its hands of the matter and pulls Thorne. Bowman's wife Alice begs him to stay. She and Peter's sister cobble together some money, Thorne talks ransom terms with the cash-strapped rebels, and Peter, chained high in the mountains, is sustained by a photo of Alice. When the politics of the situation change, so must Thorne's strategy. And what can Alice and he do about the attraction growing between them?
Actors
Alice BowmanMeg Ryan
Terry ThorneRussell Crowe
Peter BowmanDavid Morse
Also posted in 2000, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (9)

The Negotiator

IMDB Rating: 7.20
27763 votes

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In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.
Actors
Lt. Danny RomanSamuel L. Jackson
Lt. Chris SabianKevin Spacey
Cmdr. Adam BeckDavid Morse
Also posted in 1998, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Ransom

IMDB Rating: 6.50
24325 votes

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Tom Mullen, rich airline owner, is shocked when his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the two million dollar ransom, but the drop goes wrong. So Tom turns the ransom money into a bounty on the head of the kidnapper.
Actors
Tom MullenMel Gibson
Kate MullenRene Russo
Sean MullenBrawley Nolte
Also posted in 1996, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)