When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Direction
Siri's French thriller sensibility invades American suburbia.
Acting
Ben Foster's Mars unravels with terrifying unpredictability.
Cinematography
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci's amber-drenched dread.
Director
Florent-Emilio Siri
Bruce Willis
Jeff Talley
Ben Foster
Mars Krupcheck
Jonathan Tucker
Dennis Kelly
Jimmy Bennett
Tommy Smith
Michelle Horn
Jennifer Smith
Marshall Allman
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Pollak
Walter Smith
Rumer Willis
Amanda Talley
Robert Knepper
Wil Bechler
Kim Coates
The Watchman
Glenn Morshower
Lt. Leifitz
Serena Scott Thomas
Jane Talley
Marjean Holden
Carol Flores
Kathryn Joosten
Louise
Art LaFleur
Bill Jorgenson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Siri was a French music video director; this was his American debut. The studio recut the ending without him.
Released during peak 'torture porn' anxiety (Saw, Hostel), it tries to be prestige-thriller but gets marketed as exploitation anyway.
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