Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) is a former LAPD hostage negotiator. After a particularly brutal incident, he leaves L.A. to be the chief of police in the small suburb of Bristo Camino. Some time later, Dennis and his brother Kevin, and their vicious cohort Mars Krupcheck break into the Smith home. They are challenged by a cop and shots her. They lock down the highly secured home taking Walter Smith (Kevin Pollak) and his two kids hostage. However other interests intervene. Walter actually does work for a mysterious criminal gang and they want a DVD from inside the house. The criminals take Talley's family hostage forcing him to work outside the law to find the DVD and trade it for his family.
This is a functional thriller. The main thing that bugged me are the three young thugs. They are too stereotypical. They're greasy and jittery. It's too on-the-nose. I like that the movie takes a simple premise and puts a slightly different spin on it. It's too bad that Kevin Pollak doesn't have a bigger role. This movie seems geared towards his wheelhouse. Bruce Willis is usually good in this type of roles. This is a relatively fine thriller but it's nothing special.
This is a functional thriller. The main thing that bugged me are the three young thugs. They are too stereotypical. They're greasy and jittery. It's too on-the-nose. I like that the movie takes a simple premise and puts a slightly different spin on it. It's too bad that Kevin Pollak doesn't have a bigger role. This movie seems geared towards his wheelhouse. Bruce Willis is usually good in this type of roles. This is a relatively fine thriller but it's nothing special.