Directed by:
Taylor HackfordScreenplay:
Tony GilroyCinematography:
Sławomir IdziakComposer:
Danny ElfmanCast:
Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed, David Caruso, Anthony Heald, Stanley Anderson, Gottfried John, Alun Armstrong, Michael Kitchen (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Around the world, between 20,000 and 50,000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford's suspense-filled adventure film, American businessman Peter Bowman (David Morse) is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The megacorporation he works for sends in an expert hostage negotiator, Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), to settle on a ransom with the kidnappers, an antigovernment faction. Thorne earns the reluctant trust of Bowman's wife, Alice (Meg Ryan), and begins trying to win Bowman's freedom, but conflict with Bowman's employers, missteps with the kidnappers, and Thorne's growing attraction to Alice threaten to derail his efforts. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Meg Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455676_08e6f5.jpg)
Meg Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - a.f.
The Doors (1991)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
![Russell Crowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/781/164781022_f94653.jpg)
Russell Crowe
New Zealand
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Gladiator (2000)
![David Morse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267644_6cfbdb.jpg)
David Morse
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
12 Monkeys (1995)
The Rock (1996)
![Pamela Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268898_270f30.jpg)
Pamela Reed
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
Bean: The Movie (1997)
![David Caruso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267696_348bec.jpg)
David Caruso
USA
Best movies:
First Blood (1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
China Girl (1987)
![Anthony Heald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/118/165118162_647f40.jpg)
Anthony Heald
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
8MM (1999)
![Stanley Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268862_932a04.jpg)
Stanley Anderson
USA
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
Primal Fear (1996)
![Gottfried John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/737/158737774_2f8d59.jpg)
Gottfried John
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
![Alun Armstrong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/774/162774418_4111eb.jpg)
Alun Armstrong
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert (1995) (theatrical recording)
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (theatrical recording)
Braveheart (1995)
![Michael Kitchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172512_96f55e.jpg)
Michael Kitchen
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
New Year's Day (2000)
GoldenEye (1995)
![Margo Martindale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/063/167063620_78c7e8.jpg)
Margo Martindale
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Hours (2002)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Michael Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/593/168593259_kg3dv7.jpg)
Michael Byrne
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Braveheart (1995)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
Flora Martínez
Best movies:
Rosario Tijeras (2005)
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
Proof of Life (2000)
![Zbigniew Zamachowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/328/328295_4e0734.jpg)
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Korczak (1990)
![Rowena King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/560/160560954_440257.jpg)
Rowena King
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1996)
The Bucket List (2007)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Aleksandr Baluev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496930_532bf5.jpg)
Aleksandr Baluev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Specnaz (2002) (series)
The Hero (2016)
![Dmitriy Shevchenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/643/158643247_da3a2a.jpg)
Dmitriy Shevchenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Battalion (2015)
Shadow Boxing II (2007)
Pietro Sibille
Best movies:
Amador (2010)
Proof of Life (2000)
Aristóteles Picho
Peru
Best movies:
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)
Proof of Life (2000)
Vicky Hernández
Best movies:
Between Sea and Land (2016)
La estrategia del caracol (1993)
A Man of Principle (1984)