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    Hostage (Blu-ray) (2005)

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    Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?

    Director: Florent Emilio Siri

    OVERALL: Draw

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    Blu-ray A America - (Lions Gate Home Entertainment)
    Blu-ray ALL Germany - (Cine Plus)
    Blu-ray ALL Holland - (Entertainment One)
    Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia - (Nordisk Film)
    Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom - (Entertainment in Video)

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    Blu-ray A America - (Lions Gate Home Entertainment) Rewind Review

  • Commentaries:
    Audio commentary by director Florent Siri
  • Extras:
    “Taking Hostage Behind the Scenes” featurette (12:32)
    6 deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by director Florent Siri:
    – Jacking Cars (0:59)
    – Meet Flores (1:12)
    – Flores Checks out the Trucks (0:56)
    – Mars Won’t Go (0:41)
    – Tommy Won’t Leave the House without Sister (0:46)
    – Mars Takes Out FBI Team #1 (0:17)
    2 extended scenes with optional audio commentary by director Florent Siri:
    – Gun in Mouth (1:16)
    – Mars Immolates Himself (0:45)
    Bonus trailers [HD]:
    – The Expendables (1:19)
    – Lionsgate Blu-ray promo (1:03)
    – Warrior (2:32)
    Bookmarks feature
    BD-Live access (profile 2.0 only)
  • Subtitles:
    English, English HoH and Spanish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit]
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Extras in SD (480p60) unless otherwise indicated.

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    Blu-ray ALL Germany - (Cine Plus)

  • Commentaries:
    Audio Commentary by director Florent Siri
  • Extras:
    Bonus trailers for:
    - "Copland"
    - "John Carpenter's Vampires"
    - "Jeepers Creepers"
  • Subtitles:
    English and German
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p 24fps
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
    German Dolby TrueHD 5.1
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Reviews do not state what codec is used. If you own this, please let us know!

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    Blu-ray ALL Holland - (Entertainment One)

  • Subtitles:
    Dutch and French
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.40:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p 24fps VC-1
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit]
    French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [48 kHz, 24-bit]
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    The cover incorrectly states the following extras are included: Audio Commentary, Behind the Scenes and Deleted & Extended Scenes.

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    Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia - (Nordisk Film)

  • Extras:
    Start-up trailers [HD]
    – Luftslottet som sprängdes (1:53)
    – Twilight: New Moon (1:41)
    – Hurt Locker (1:44)
  • Subtitles:
    Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [48 KHz, 16-bit]
    English Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Case type:
    Keep Case

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    Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom - (Entertainment in Video)

  • Commentaries:
    Audio commentary by director Florent Siri
  • Extras:
    “Taking Hostage Behind the Scenes” featurette (12:32)
    6 deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by director Florent Siri:
    – Jacking Cars (0:59)
    – Meet Flores (1:12)
    – Flores Checks out the Trucks (0:56)
    – Mars Won’t Go (0:41)
    – Tommy Won’t Leave the House without Sister (0:46)
    – Mars Takes Out FBI Team #1 (0:17)
    2 extended scenes with optional audio commentary by director Florent Siri:
    – Gun in Mouth (1:16)
    – Mars Immolates Himself (0:45)
  • Subtitles:
    English (optional)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.40:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p 24fps VC-1
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
    English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    The cover incorrectly states the 5.1 track is a DTS-HD Master Audio track.
    All extras in SD (480i60).

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    OVERALL: Draw

    The US release includes all the extras and has lossless audio.

    Note, whilst the UK release also has all the extras, it features a lossy High Resolution audio track despite what is stated on the case. It also uses VC-1 codec compared to the MPEG-4 codec of the US release.

    Avoid the extras-free Dutch release and the poor audio options of the German release.

    This has also been released at least in:
    – Canada by Alliance
    – Italy by Medusa Home Entertainment.
    If you own any of these releases, or have a link to any reviews, please let us know.

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    CUTS:

    • Blu-ray A America- Lions Gate Home Entertainment - No cuts (113:17).
    • Blu-ray ALL Germany- Cine Plus - No cuts (113:17)
    • Blu-ray ALL Holland- Entertainment One - No cuts (113:17)
    • Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia- Nordisk Film - No cuts (113:19).
    • Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Entertainment in Video - No cuts
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    Comparison added by Frank_Vincent on 27/12/08
    Comparison last updated by Markus_Lang on 13/11/12

    UPDATE LOG:

    18/04/2011: Dutch release added.
    25/08/2011: Added German and US releases and DVDBeaver link. Also noted other releases.
    03/03/2012: Updated more detailed specs for US release and review
    13/11/2012: Added Scandinavian edition.

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