Check Out "Hostage" (film) on Hulu.



Hostage, based on the book Hostage by Robert Crais, is available for free viewing via Hulu for a limited time. Adapted for film by Doug Richardson and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri, Hostage starred Bruce Willis as Jeff Talley, a former SWAT negotiator. Check it out for free while you can!

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HOSTAGE (film)

Actors: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas, Jimmy Bennett
Rated: R
Run Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Lionsgate Miramax
Release Date: March 2005 (USA)
Adapted From: Hostage: A Novel, Robert Crais


FROM ROBERTCRAIS.COM: HOSTAGE

"Jeff Talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a front line negotiator with LAPD's SWAT unit. But the high-stress, unforgiving job took an irreparable toll on his psyche. Unable to talk down a despondent father before he murders his wife and son and takes his own life, Talley plummets into a downward spiral. His marriage ends, he resigns from SWAT, and he struggles to escape from his former life by taking the chief-of-police job in a sleepy, affluent bedroom community far from the chaos and crime of Los Angeles."


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HOSTAGE (2005) - Movie Trailer

Earlier this week, I noticed that Hulu has a new movie category called films based on books.  The image of a salty Mr. Willis called to me from the list. So I have decided to start with Hostage.

Hostage is a 2005 movie thriller starring Bruce Willis and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri. The film is based on Hostage: A Novel by Robert Crais (adapted for film by Doug Richardson).

Although I am almost positive that I must have seen the movie when it came out, I cannot remember it. [Is that a bad sign?] So I am considering it "new to me."

I picked up the book today. Have you read it?