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62) A hijacking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship's cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars, a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates. . Official Selection at the Venice...
64) Money monster
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the real-time high stakes thriller, financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.
65) Flypaper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A nervous bank customer has a crush on beautiful teller. They and the other staff and customers become hostages when two very different groups of crooks hit the bank simultaneously. When people begin mysteriously dying one by one, everyone involved begins to wonder if there's someone else in the bank up to no good.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición
Language
Español
Description
"If you can read this, you obviously understand Pigeonese. You may read my book. If you're a cat and you've learnt Pigeonese...(HA HA HA! As if a cat would be smart enough to learn Pigeonese). This must mean if you are a cat and you are able to read this, you have taken a pigeon hostage so that you can trick them into translating the Pigeonese words into Meow. I demand you release the hostage pigeon now. My book contains TOP SECRET ideas that are...
67) Lockdown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When three criminals take over a police station in Los Angeles, an FBI agent has to outwit the criminals and save the hostages.
68) Argo: DVD
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
[Rental ed.
Language
English
Description
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
69) The negotiator
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Maverick hostage negotiator Danny Roman is framed for embezzlement and murder. Just married and unjustly faced with prison, Roman turns hostage-taker to smoke out the guilty ones. Squaring off against him is respected, methodical negotiator Chris Sabian."--Container.
71) Pawn
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An all-night diner. A cop walks in on a robbery in progress. But what happens next, and what happened just before, will change everything you think you know. Now the building is surrounded. There are fingers on every trigger. And one very intense hostage situation is about to take some extremely shocking twists.
72) Dead silence
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Three escaped convicts hijack a school bus and end up trapped at an abandoned slaughterhouse in a hostage situation they didn't plan.
73) Black butterfly
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Paul, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House. Then she became vice president. Veep follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the president's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
75) Living & dying
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Bank robbers Sam and Nadia become involved in a hostage situation after their heist is botched. Now, with the lives of other hostages in their hands, and with a crooked agent ready to unleash his own brand of justice, the thieves must become heroes.
76) Dig
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A widowed father and his daughter whose house is up for demolition, are held hostage by a ruthless couple, who insist on digging until they gain access to what lies beneath the property.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
New York cop John McClane is the personal target of the mysterious Simon, a terrorist determined to blow up the entire city if he doesn't get what he wants. Accompanied by an unwilling civilian partner, McClane careens wildly from one end of New York to the other as he struggles to keep up with Simon's deadly game. It's a battle of wits between a psychopathic genius and a heroic cop who once again finds himself having a really bad day.
78) Taken 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers.
79) Non-stop
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Blu-ray combo pack [edition].
Language
English
Description
"During a transatlantic flight, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks ... receives a series of cryptic text messages threatening to kill a passenger every 20 minutes unless $150 million is transferred into an off-shore account"--Container.
80) Assault on VA-33
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Theatrical version.
Language
English
Description
While decorated veteran and PTSD sufferer Jason Hill is on a routine visit to the local VA hospital, organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, including a decorated general, and Hill's wife Jennifer. The highly-trained veteran is outnumbered, but he must become the last line of defense, taking on a building full of armed insurgents before it's too late.
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