Hostage
2002 · 10 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 5,236 VOTES · DIR. John Woo
Overview
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Dialogue Timeline — 118 lines
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00:00:03 [rock music]
00:00:46 that's a gesture.
00:01:24 president and CEO of the Big Top Burger chain.
00:01:35 (woman) Harry Baumgardner stormed the Delacroix house--
00:01:50 Confirm the exact amount.
00:02:09 So where is she?
00:02:19 (Linda) Please help me.
00:02:36 Put the money in the barbecue.
00:02:48 (Harry ) All of it.
00:03:13 You know what? Maybe nothing is in a number.
00:03:22 Drop the weapon!
00:03:31 Get back! We haven't got her yet!
00:03:50 All I wanted was a gesture.
00:04:06 How does it feel to hold a person's life in your hand?
00:04:20 You're gonna be okay.
00:04:46 (Linda) I hear water.
00:04:55 [tires squealing]
00:05:11 (man) High tide is now.
00:05:19 (Linda) I can remember feeling metal underneath me like a bridge or something.
00:05:29 I've got a possible stolen vehicle heading eastbound.
00:06:17 The signals just merged. You should be right there.
00:06:25 We're very close.
00:06:47 Linda!
00:08:00 I was always the butterfly, and you were always the moth.