The Hostage
2006 1h 34m movie Film

The Hostage

الرهينة

Synopsis

الرهينة

When Mostafa arrives to Ukraine, he witnesses the kidnapping of an Egyptian scientist. Eventually he gets involved in rescuing him, in a country he knows nothing about.

The 2005–2007 Other Asia Window

44 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Hostage sits at position #11.

  1. M for Mother
    #1

    M for Mother

    ★ 8.1 · 2006

  2. Fireworks Wednesday
    #2

    Fireworks Wednesday

    ★ 7.6 · 2006

  3. The Yacoubian Building
    #3

    The Yacoubian Building

    ★ 7.3 · 2006

  4. Iron Island
    #4

    Iron Island

    ★ 7.3 · 2005

  5. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
    #5

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    ★ 7.1 · 2007

  6. Chaos, This Is?
    #6

    Chaos, This Is?

    ★ 7.1 · 2007

  7. Tarek's Situation
    #7

    Tarek's Situation

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

  8. Bab'Aziz
    #8

    Bab'Aziz

    ★ 7.0 · 2005

The 2000s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Hostage premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
21
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #196 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Action productions specifically: #14 of 70 (top 20%).

Production Details

Primary Country Other Asia
All Production Countries Egypt
Original Language Arabic
Spoken Languages Arabic, English, Ukrainian
Runtime 1h 34m
Release Date December 20, 2006
IMDb tt0960084

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