Hostage
Directed by Hanro Möhr, Percival RubensThe leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
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Hostage was released on 1 października 1987.
Hostage was directed by Hanro Möhr, Percival Rubens.
Hostage has a runtime of 1 h 35 min.
Hostage was produced by Thys Heyns, Paul Raleigh.
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
The key characters in Hostage are Maj. Sam Striker (Wings Hauser), Laura Lawrence (Karen Black), Col. Tim Shaw (Kevin McCarthy).
Hostage is rated R.
Hostage is a Dramat, Action film.
Hostage has an audience rating of 4.8 out of 10.