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Hostage (2005/I) More at IMDbPro »

• The word "fuck" is used 89 times.
  
  
• The on-screen body count is 15; 16 including the dog.
  
  
• Bruce Willis's daughter in the movie, Amanda, was played by his daughter Rumer Willis. Rumer wanted the part, but Willis made her audition like everyone else and she got the part.
  
  
• Among the DVDs in Kevin Pollak's movie collection is The Negotiator (1998), a film also about a police negotiator in an intense situation. We also see a copy of Nid de guêpes (2002) (The Nest), Florent Emilio Siri's previous movie. S.W.A.T. (2003) is also a movie on the shelf.
  
  

• SPOILER: The immolation scene with Mars was cut because of the rating. The scene was supposed to have a close up shot of Mars' face melting off the bone. The director said that the scene was too much.
  
  
• SPOILER: When Tommy sneaks into his sister's room to get her cellphone, on the back of her door is a poster of the Tower card of the Tarot deck. This reference foreshadows great violence and destruction of the house by fire, but also the Fool's revelation and redemption. The Fool is Talley (Bruce Willis), and his revelation is how much he loves and needs his own family.
  
  

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