2021 · action · adventure · thriller
Rogue Hostage
Directed by Jon Keeyes1h 34m2021
A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his stepfather's store.
Our read: Rogue Hostage (2021) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · adventure · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
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- intense
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