Hostage

French action director Florent Siri's U.S. debut, a stylish mess of a thriller, entangles skittish cop Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) in the chaos that ensues when three young thugs imprison a wealthy Ventura County family in their own home. Once the best hostage negotiator in the field, Talley retired after arrogantly bungling the delicate give-and-take with a gunman who subsequently killed his family and himself. Tormented by a combination of guilt and self-doubt that nearly wrecked his marriage, Talley accepts a low-stress police job in semirural Bristo Camino. But while his estranged wife, Jane (Serena Scott Thomas), and rebellious daughter, Amanda (Willis' own daugh...