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Hostage Negotiator | Year: 2001 Classification: Drama Directed: - Keoni Waxman Victims of the Pit Intentionally or not Hostage Negotiator graphically exposes the small missed chances to turn the worst of all human tragedies into redemption. I can feel every bare emotion of Frank as he struggles to regain his footing, to retain his manhood, to blank away the hints of pity as a beautiful wife first passes him professionally and then becomes his better in front of all the world that matters. Of course, Teresa rushes to his aid, supportive in every way even when he is humiliated at the gathering by his peers. Her support is enough to hold Frank steady until Teresa unknowingly does the one thing that no man could bear: she stands in front of the man she loves high above him on the balcony, award in hand, and shares it with another man. I watched Frank on the screen, alone, hurt, humbled and emotionally skinned alive, watch his wife innocently embrace this man, nevertheless a better man, a man who could take his wife when the time was right. From there the pit that surrounds Frank begins to turn and deepen. The fight is uneven at best, Frank can't open his heart to Teresa and seek the assurances he needs without the cost of his manhood. Then, the things that linger in the back of every man's mind begin the march from subconscious to conscious. The pit spins faster, deepening. Frank's calls for help, the clandestine photos, the accusations of infidelity all go unanswered. If Teresa had only, gently approached her husband, held him tightly and whispered the truth he needed to hear, the spinning would have slowed and the darkness would have stayed just that bit that makes the difference between lovers. "Honey, I know you're in pain, I'll do anything to stop it. You're the man I made babies with and the man I'll never leave. I'll always be only for you: in your home, with your children, in your bed and in your life." When this doesn't happen, Frank's calls for help turn to screams: "Oh God, help me, I can't stand to imagine my wife wanting to be alone with this man, this particular man. Any other man, God, any other but him." Even thought untrue, the thoughts of his wife being touched, her look of passion and the longing for more bring Frank to the bottom of the pit - no light, no air, no hope and finally -- the death of the marriage. Frank free-falls to a place that crushes everything he was and everything he could ever be. Then, like a bleeding, broken, tortured escaped prisoner he manages to crawl to the edge of the pit, back to Teresa with nothing but a pathetic hope. When Frank walks uninvited into the birthday party for Teresa, hears the plates clatter and turns to see the one man on earth he could not stand to have his wife, it ends, it all ends. This is the last place for Frank or for any man. Still Teresa follows him outside: "Frank I should have invited you, you're still a part of this family, the children love you they need you". But, think, how could this work? Imagine! Frank receives a call from Teresa at his dingy room fit for an ex Great Thiller!! The movie Hostage negotiator is a great thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat.It's a must see flick!! Buy Hostage Negotiator at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Hostage Negotiator Search with the Priority Search Engine on Hostage Negotiator This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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