Proof of Life
ThrillerActionDrama
6.129/10
|US
|en
|135 min
Release Date: 2000-12-08
Overview - When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
Production Companies
Castle Rock EntertainmentBel Air EntertainmentAnvil FilmsGrupo Cine
User Reviews
John Chard
6/10
We're out of miracles. Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that of kidnapping for ransom. So many genres to tackle means that invariably Taylor Hackford's film feels...
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