Hostages

2017

1h 43m

Drama

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10 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In 1983 seven Georgians try to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner.

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

An effectively glossy thriller.

Feb 21, 2017

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Stephen Dalton

Hollywood Reporter

Gigineishvili strikes a careful balance between nerve-jangling action yarn and forensic procedural, even if this methodically non-judgmental approach sometimes risks slipping into aloof detachment.

Feb 15, 2017

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

A taut, meticulously-researched account of the events and their aftermath.

Feb 12, 2017

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Vladan Petkovic

Cineuropa

This hijacking thriller first establishes the social-historical backdrop with elegance and the characters' not-so-obvious motivation with confidence, before topping it all off with one of the most remarkable action set-pieces in recent European cinema.

Sep 3, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Unfortunately, all the great work involved feels a bit lost in the end as the film comes off too calm, too slow, and perhaps a bit sleep inducing.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 12, 2020

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Zhuo-Ning Su

The Film Stage

Combines arthouse sensitivities, historical gravitas and good ol' action setpieces to highly satisfying results.

Rated: B+

Aug 3, 2018

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Sometimes true and cautionary tales have deadly consequences, or so that's what Rezo Gigineishvili's film based on such true events about a group of young people from Georgia wanting to leave the Soviet Union portrays. The film captures the genuine authenticity of early 80s period sense along with a talented cast that makes these characters stand out it's almost hard to believe they're based on real people. Most of the time however, I found the film meandering when building up it's drama before anything else within the plot escalated. Nonetheless, this is a film that lives up to being based on true events I never would have known about and as shocking as the impacts are within the film's most thrilling sequences so is the overall subject matter at hand. By the end viewers will be conflicted as well as compelled and challenged when looking back as such devastating communist times.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Rezo Gigineishvili

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Irakli Kvirikadze

Nika

Tinatin Dalakishvili

Anna

Avtandil Makharadze

Shota

Merab Ninidze

Levan

Darejan Kharshiladze

Nino

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Synopsis

In 1983 seven Georgians try to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner.

Director: Rezo Gigineishvili
Screenwriter: Rezo Gigineishvili
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Georgian
Runtime: 1h 43m