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Rental > Suspense/Crime > Hostages & Terrorism: 9 Films to Rent on VHS

 
Blind FlightBlind Flight (2003)
Dir. John Furse
Feat. Ian Hart, Linus Roache
True story of the 4–year kidnapping in 80s Lebanon of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy, given an affecting depth by its…
Suicide KingsSuicide Kings (1999)
Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary
Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
Fall Time (1995)
Dir. Paul Warner
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Stephen Baldwin
A prank backfires for three teenagers who interrupt the plans of hardened gangsters. The innocence lost of '50s America is disturbingly mirrored as…
Flight of the Innocent (1992)
Dir. Carlo Carlei
Feat. Manuel Colao, Federico Pacifici, Sal Borgese
A swirling steady–cam follows the chase of a young boy across Northern Italy after his family are slaughtered by a kidnapping ring. Thriller is…
AutobusAutobus (1991) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Kristin Scott Thomas
A desperate, attention–seeking young man (Yvan Attal – superb) hijacks a school bus, taking its two adults and little passengers hostage.…
Hors La VieHors La Vie (Life on Hold) (1991)
Dir. Maroun Bagdadi
Feat. Hippolyte Girardot, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Nidal Ashkov…
A fictionalised depiction of a freelance photographer's ten months in Shi'ite custody. Charged with political anger but unsensationalist and…
CatchfireCatchfire (1990)
Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster
An engaging oddity directed by Dennis Hopper under a pseudonym, after producers cut the film from its original 3hr length. Hopper himself plays a…
Prayer for the DyingPrayer for the Dying (1987)
Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates…
Adaptation of Jack Higgins' novel in which Mickey Rourke plays a retired IRA hitman who is enticed into one final killing, with disasterous…
Little Drummer GirlLittle Drummer Girl (1984)
Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski
Diane Keaton excels in this politically even handed labyrinthine terrorist thriller. The screenplay was adapted with the assistance of John Le Carre…

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