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1) Bad signs
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Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world beyond its walls. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row. Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, and as he and his two hostages set off on a frenetic path through California down...
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Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faith's mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect--and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder.
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Jen Glass has worked hard to achieve the ideal life: a successful career, a beautiful home in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, a seemingly perfect family. But inside the Glass house, everything is spinning out of Jen's control. Her marriage to her husband, Ted, is on the brink of collapse; her fifteen-year-old daughter grows more distant each day; and her five-year-old son barely speaks a word. Jen is on the verge of breaking, but nothing could...
4) The ref
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
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1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An unfortunate cat burglar becomes trapped in a fate worse than jail when he takes a bickering couple and their annoying relatives hostage.
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Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about...
7) Ambulance
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2022
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Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while keeping their hostages alive.
8) Rogue
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A woman leads a team of mercenaries tasked with rescuing hostages in Africa.
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Paul Janson novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
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Ex-covert-ops soldier Paul Janson and his sharpshooting partner, Jessica Kincaid, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates.
11) The rock
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998?]
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1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful General seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young waitress Gabby Maple, and a handful of others hostage.
14) Predator 2
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Predator is a savage alien, invisible and armed with advanced weapons. On this, his second visit to Earth, he lands in Los Angeles and begins a series of ghastly murders. It's up to a determined police lieutenant to learn what is going on, even when he is warned off by a mysterious government agent.
16) Plane
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Di Bonaventura Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Pilot Brodie Torrance saves passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island -- only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When dangerous rebels take most of the passengers hostage, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI.
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Alex Cross novels volume 19
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
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It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.
18) Defy the sun
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Beware the night duology volume 2
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Description
During a civil war on her island of Bellona, Veda Adeline joins in the fight against the ruling Imperi, but she is conflicted when her childhood friend, Nico is named heir to the Imperi ruler and is taken hostage by her friends in the resistance.
19) Tiger Zinda Hai
Publisher
Yashraj Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sequel to the record-breaking blockbuster 'Ek Tha Tiger', that continues the story of two super spies Tiger and Zoya eight years later.
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Scarlett and Browne volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
422 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Description
When their notoriety spreads a bit too far, Albert, who can read minds, and Scarlett, who has a way with weapons, must save their friends who are being held hostage by their enemies, a situation that forces them to pull off an impossible mission to win their freedom.
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