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2) Held up
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Michael Dawson (Jamie Foxx) is on vacation with his fiancée, Rae (Nia Long). All begins to fall apart when Rae dumps him in the desert, his car is stolen and he is taken hostage in a local store.
3) Heist
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When their attempt to rob a casino goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn and Cox are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take passengers hostage. Now, in a high speed chase, Vaughn will not only have to outwit the police, but he will have to contend with Pope's maniacal right hand man, Dog, in order to make it through the day alive." --
4) Farm house
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While stranded in the middle of nowhere, Chad and Scarlet find shelter with a mysterious farm couple. It doesn't take long for them to realize that the pair is somehow linked to their old life and the horrifying secrets they have tried to leave behind. Forced to endure immense torture and heartbreak, they hope to attain salvation for past mistakes before it is too late.
5) Stand off
Publisher
Ketchup Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, coincidentally owned by the same mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colorful characters, including Maguire, who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the police, the SAS, and the mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament...
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious personal assistant named Guy diplomatically deals with an overbearing, overly demanding boss ... until those demands involve Guy's girlfriend. What transpires next is a hilarious reversal of fortunes that is every employee's dream.
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Desperadoes. Phil and Rebecca have robbed a convenience store and have taken the proprietor, Walt, hostage.
Throwing Smoke. The play deals with the tragicomic problems of a minor league baseball boach, Earl, whose team is so dispirited by the opposing pitcher (who is "throwing smoke" that day) that they have defected.
Keyhole Lover. Warren tells of how he used to spy on his sister, Stacey, through the keyhole of the bathroom door, and then, much...
9) Escape
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after the Black Death has ravaged the lands, a poor family is ambushed by a pack of merciless killers on a desolate mountain pass. Nineteen-year-old Signe is the lone survivor. Held hostage and facing a fate worse than death, Signe manages to flee her captors, but her escape does not go unnoticed." --
10) Carnage Park
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This pure-pulp thrill ride jumps between past and present as it pieces together the puzzle of a shocking crime. It's 1978 and a bank robbery gone wrong leaves Vivian the hostage of two criminals on the run. But things go from bad to off-the-rails berserk when she and her captors wind up on the sun-baked desert outpost of a deranged ex-military sniper, who ensnares them in his deadly game of cat and mouse." --
12) Flypaper
Publisher
IFC Films
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
Publisher
Back Bay Books, and imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets"--
14) Dig
Publisher
Lionsgate
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."--
15) 11 blocks
Publisher
Inception Media Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
John and Bethany live on the streets of Union, a violent city where street gangs control the lower blocks. When John journeys to the bottom of the city to find work, the WCC gang corners him. After fighting his way out, he becomes the target of the corrupt Police Chief and his hired assassin, Finger. Finger locates and holds Bethany hostage. John is now forced to do the impossible, travel eleven gang-controlled blocks at night to rescue the only one...
16) No good deed
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Cello-playing cop Jack Friar searches for a teenage runaway on Turk Street and ends up in the home of an elderly couple. The house also turns out to be the headquarters for a gang of criminals who are planning a bank robbery, and Jack is quickly held hostage. When Jack is left alone with the leader's girlfriend, a master manipulator of the gang, he teaches her to play the cello and the two share a mutal attraction. Jack can't decide if she's for real...
17) Plane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the white-knuckle action movie Plane, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dominic King is the best international hostage negotiator in the business. His devotion to his clients and his mantra "Never Promise Never Lie" has until now meant a 100% success. If only his home life were as satisfying as his professional. His latest case is the snatching of a businesswoman Naomi Shaffer in South Africa. Her initial release is botched and Dominic finds himself running out of time to rescue her safely whilst trying to find out who...
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Yoda's top secret mission becomes a battle for survival, pitting the Jedi Master and three clone troopers against enemy assassin Asajj Ventress and her massive droid army. Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker leads a clone squadron attack against the destructive vessel, damaging but not destroying it. When Padmé Amidala and C-3PO fall into a trap and are taken hostage aboard the ship, Anakin and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi boldly infiltrate it in the hope...
20) Plane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After making an emergency landing on a war-torn island in the Philippines, where most of the passengers are soon taken hostage, an airplane pilot sets out to rescue them with the help of an accused murderer being transported by the FBI."--
