10 Mar 2005
Hostage
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Orphans & Kingdoms
In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner.
Top Billed Cast
Colin Moy Jeremy
Calae Hignett-Morgan Kenae
Hanelle Harris Tibs
Jesse James Rehu Pickery Jesse
Finn McLachlan Scotty
Jason Bock Wharf Security Guard
Fraser Brown Constable Mike Layton
Samantha Jukes Monica
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