iHostage
- IMDb link: 31181421
- IMDb rating: 5.7 (13,341 votes)
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director: Bobby Boermans
- Cast: Marcel Hensema, Fockeline Ouwerkerk, Matteo van der Grijn, Loes Haverkort, Jasmine Sendar, Emmanuel Ohene Boafo, Soufiane Moussouli, Admir Sehovic and others
- Release date: 18 Apr 2025
- Release year: 2025
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Country: Netherlands, Belgium
- Keywords: hostage, situation, criminal, gripping, secret, year 2022, apple store, police, 2020s, 21st century
Plot:
A desperate man with a gun enters a big department store and threatens to shoot customers if they make a move and don't lie still. In the chaos which follows some customers escape to the store cafeteria upstairs and a store employee takes a few customers to hide in a room. The gunman however takes a customer hostage and makes a ransom demand of a large sum of money. The police get into action and surround the building. They arrange a negotiator who starts talking to the gunman to defuse the situation. Since the gunman's behavior is unpredictable the police are cautious and do not take rash decisions. Will the police be successful in this operation and safely rescue all the people trapped ?