SYNOPSICS
American Hostage (2015) is a English movie. Mounir Chakor has directed this movie. Charles Martin Garcia,Davina Reid,Leon Salem,Marion Blount are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. American Hostage (2015) is considered one of the best Crime,Drama,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
Terrorists. Kidnapping. A plot gone wrong. American Hostage tells the story of four terrorists coming together to create change within the American government and affect their stance on Guantanamo Bay. With tensions high, emotions between the terrorists collide, which sets the story into a downward spiral. American Hostage unveils the story of Asad, Hamal, Shahin and Fahdah, who each has their own motive for joining the war in terror. Asad, the appointed leader of the group, manages the team with strict and clear direction, taking orders behind the scenes from Al-Saqri whose motives are unclear. Asad shows one weakness, the affection for fellow terrorist Fahdah, a soft spoken young Arab woman. Asad and Fahdah develop an adoration for each other, despite the disapproval from Fahdah's brother Hamal whose anger from the overall situation escalates throughout the story. Meanwhile Shahin, the fourth terrorist, and prisoner Sergeant Donald Young begin to form a bond as they share stories ...
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Thought provoking and exploring the gray of who's right and who's wrong
The plot is a group of Muslim immigrants take two American soldiers hostage in Florida demanding the release of all prisoners at Guantanamo in exchange for the two lives. Let me first of say that you can't compare this to an indie film made for a couple of million bucks. It's a pretty good movie considering its budget of $100000 according to IMDb. The acting was very good, especially Atiq Rahman who plays the main terrorist character of Asad. Charles Garcia playing the main hostage did a great job. I was most impressed by the acting of Thibault White who portrays his psychological breakdown beautifully. The plot includes bonding with the prisoners, conflicts within the terrorist group, cultural differences and a love story between Asad and Fahdah played by Davina Reid. The love story was not explored to its fullest potential. The whole drama and dialogue was fascinating and thought provoking. Especially the conversations between the hostage Donald Young played by Charles Garcia and the terrorist Shahin played by Shrey Neil. Although we've seen stories like this before it's never quite done like this. This movie tackles the fact that there's always 2 sides to a story. It's explores that gray area of who's good and who's bad that we rarely see in movies. Most movies have a clear cut good guy and a clear cut bad guy. This is a movie tackles a serious subject beautifully with a couple of big surprises at the end. I was never bored. If you like movies that explore differences in culture and that show a different perspective that this one is for you. Final verdict. This movie is worth watching and considering its budget I give it 6 stars.
contemporary indie movie about terrorism
This is a contemporary movie about terrorism where two soldiers are taken hostage. The film has 3 main story lines, basically concentrating on how the terrorist got to this point. There is one scene that will make you cringe in your seat. As far as the script goes, the dialogue was really good and interesting. Especially between the character of Donald Young and Shahin, one of the terrorists. I disagree with some of the other reviewer. Yes these are unknown actors but they did a good job, especially Atiq Rahman and Charles Garcia. Also the movie didn't look cheap at all. I mean you can tell that this is low budget indie film. But it's well done. It definitely kept my attention. Also the ending was a pretty big surprise. I would say it's worth watching.
Orders are orders
A group of Muslim immigrants, now US citizens, take two American soldiers hostage in Tampa. Asad (Atiq Rahman) is the head of this small family group which suffered loss in Baghdad from US bombings as well as having a relative held in Guantanamo. They demand the release of all prisoners at Guantanamo in exchange for the two lives. They take orders from an Iman in the US. The plot includes bonding with the prisoners and internal conflicts within the group. I am not exactly sure if the point was to scare Americans or give terrorists ideas. The acting was fair, but the whole drama and dialogue was boring... we are not that much different, blah, blah, blah....individual soldiers don't hate Islam etc. It didn't introduce anything new to the conversation above a seventh grade class room discussion. I am sure a lot of people will find it "thought provoking" and "fascinating." Guide: F-word. No sex. Davina Reid flashes calves and hair.
Poor low budget movie
I watched this film hoping with the ratings 7.1/10 it would worth while. I agree with Stamron & Sina's comments, what a waste of my time. Unless you have an 1h 40min of time you wish to waste, I would avoid this movie like the plague. It's obviously a low budget movie as the acting is pretty poor, not convincing at all. Thumbs down to this
One of the worst
One of the worst movies I ever saw, if not the worst. It seems that some people are taken of the streets and asked to 'act' in this movie. if you look up the actors in IMDb it is obvious that these are not real actors, there's just a small and incomplete summary. With a good story the movie would still have been OK, despite the acting. Unfortunately the story doesn't make it any better. This really is a pity because there could have been a good story and message in this movie for everyone. The music matches the lack of acting and the lack of a good story, it is very disturbing from start to end. I could not watch it until the end.