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While on vacation, an American Marine sniper takes on local rebels who have seized control of the island hotel resort where he and his wife, who is now a hostage for ransom, have been stayin...

Charlotte is a seemingly mild-mannered, middle-aged housewife, who's decided to leave her husband and skip town. Her mind is made up and all that's left to do is go to the bank and withdraw her money. But while she's waiting in line, her plans are suddenly changed when a desperate young man robs the bank and takes Charlotte along as a hostage. What ensues is a wild and quirky trip that includes car theft, demolition derbies, a cat named Murder, and...

The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.

When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.