Bruce Willis plays a former hostage negotiator who has moved to a sleepy town in California to get away from his old life after a negotiation goes horribly wrong and a little boy and his mother are murdered. Life is going well until a trio of teenaged thugs joy-riding in a stolen truck decide to break in to a palatial mansion in the mountains only to find that it is occupied. Things quickly fall apart when the police are notified, the patriarch is beaten into a coma, and a cop is killed by the "loose cannon" (Ben Foster) of the group. Soon Willis is back in his old role of trying to save the day and the family. Matters are complicated when he discovers the owner of the house was a bookkeeper for a shadowy organization laundering millions of dollars. They want what's inside the house, and Bruce wants to get the family out, but if he does, the laundered money inside will be taken into evidence and lost forever. It's a thrill ride from start to finish that you won't want to miss.
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Bruce Willis | Jeff Talley |
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Kevin Pollak | Walter Smith |
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Jimmy Bennett | Tommy Smith |
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Michelle Horn | Jennifer Smith |
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Ben Foster | Mars Krupcheck |
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Jonathan Tucker | Dennis Kelly |
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Marshall Allman | Kevin Kelly |
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Serena Scott Thomas | Jane Talley |
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Rumer Willis | Amanda Talley |
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Kim Coates | The Watchman |
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Robert Knepper | Wil Bechler |
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Tina Lifford | Laura Shoemaker |
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Ransford Doherty | Mike Anders |
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Marjean Holden | Carol Flores |
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Michael D. Roberts | Ridley |
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Art Lafleur | Bill Jorgenson |
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Randy McPherson | Kovak |
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Hector Luis Bustamante | Officer Ruiz |
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Kathryn Joosten | Louise |
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Johnny Messner | Mr. Jones |
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John Ingle | Gray Hair Man |
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Jamie McShane | Joe Mack |
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Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak | Sean Mack |
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Glenn Morshower | Lt. Leifitz |
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Chad Smith | Bobby Knox |
| Director | Florent Emilio Siri |
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| Writer | Robert Crais, Doug Richardson | |
| Producer | Steven Ada, Susanne Bohnet, Stephen J. Eads, Mark Gordon, Manfred D. Heid, Hawk Koch, Gerd Koechlin, Josef Lautenschlager, Arnold Rifkin, Josef Steinberger, Andreas Thiesmeyer, David J. Wally, Bruce Willis, David Willis, Bob Yari | |
| Musician | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Photography | Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci | |
| Packaging | MKV |
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| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | 2.35:1 |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Miramax |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Owner | Jackmeats Flix |
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| Location | Flix To be Burnt |
| Purchased | At YIFY for $ 14.99 |
| Watched | |
| Index | 213 |
| Added Date | Jul 06, 2017 01:32:58 |
| Modified Date | Jun 03, 2022 11:10:21 |
My quick rating - 6,6/10. Another recently added to the collection that I can pop on for background. I saw and rated this a while ago. Excellent thriller about a worn-out hostage taker (for once, not an alcoholic) played by Bruce Willis who finds himself in a similar situation that had forced him out of his negotiator job years prior. Ben Foster who played one of the bad guys here does a really good job in his role that I had wished maybe a bit more explanation of his character would've shined. Still, I think the lack of backstory for him also leads to that mystery. The vast majority of this flick takes place in the house that becomes more of a home invasion and they do well in making different parts of the home relevant to the story that is unfolding. Kevin Pollak plays the homeowner and father of those abducted who also happens to be very wealthy. Since things are never what they seem, all characters involved may have more going on without spoiling anything. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it before so click below.