John MacClane, un dur policia novaiorquès, va a Los Angeles per passar uns dies de vacances amb els seus fills i la seva dona Holly. En el transcurs de la festa nadalenca que l'empresa de Holly dóna al modern edifici Nakatoni, aquest és assaltat per un suposat grup terrorista liderat per un megalòman anomenat Hans Gruber.
Devastat per una fallada en una operació, el negociador d'ostatges de la Policia de Los Angeles Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) marxa de la ciutat i se'n va a viure amb la seva dona i filla a una petita població al tranquil comtat de Ventura. Un any després, s'haurà de tornar a enfrontar a un altre difícil cas de segrest amb ostatges...
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
An ace crisis negotiator attempts to figure out the real motivation of a man who has kidnapped two people and crack his calm demeanour.
Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.
El 2013, després de tenir una lesió que estronca la seva carrera com a gimnasta d'elit, Daniel Rye descobreix la seva vocació: documentar la vida dels civils a les zones on hi ha conflictes armats. Tot just quan comença a treballar d'ajudant d'un fotògraf de guerra, els seus plans fan un gir dramàtic: durant una visita a una regió de Síria que creia segura, membres de l'ISIS el prenen com a ostatge. Mentre el Daniel pateix tota mena de tortures i humiliacions a les mans dels seus segrestadors, a Dinamarca la seva família intenta desesperadament reunir els diners del rescat. El govern danès té la política de no pagar mai rescats a terroristes, i la família ha de recórrer a exmilitar especialista en aquest tipus de situacions.
A story about a diplomat and a national intelligence service agent who struggle and risk their lives on foreign soil to save Korean hostages that have been abducted in the Middle East.
Brazil, 1988. An unemployed tractor driver hijacks VASP flight 375 and orders commander Murilo to crash the plane on the Planalto Palace to kill the president - whom he considers guilty for the country's devastating economic crisis.
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
A police hostage negotiator plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber who is hell bent on getting out of the bank and humiliating his brother, the police hostage negotiator, in the process.
Jocs Olímpics de Munic del 1972. A la matinada del 5 de setembre, onze atletes olímpics israelians són segrestats per un comando terrorista palestí denominat 'Setembre Negre'. Amenacen de matar-los tots si no es produeix l'alliberament de presos palestins per part d'Israel. Durant 21 hores el món sencer va estar pendent del tràgic succés.
Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took place during those two months of captivity.
A veteran hostage negotiator's next call leads him to an overrun insane asylum. He soon finds that dark forces are pushing the patients to commit atrocities, and he may be the only one that can stop them.
Tizeta is a cheerful and bright little girl full of ambitions adored by both her parents. She gets diagnosed with a heart condition that seeks fast treatment. Time is ticking and her parents fail to find adequate financial and community support. Dirdir is a story of an ordinary dad that takes extraordinary measures to save his daughter's life.