Is Hostage actually good?

Hostage sits in the 47.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 47.1% of them.

How does Hostage compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Hostage lands in the 52.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Hostage's score based on?

244 calibrated reviewers stand behind Hostage's score.

2005

global pct

47.1

Film · 2005 · Films · 2000s

Hostage

Name: Hostage
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2005

Scored from 244 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

47.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

52.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

41.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

244 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A former LAPD hostage negotiator now working as a small-town police chief is drawn back into action when three teenagers invade a fortified home and take a wealthy accountant and his two children hostage. Complicating matters, shadowy criminals kidnap the chief's own family to force him to retrieve an encrypted DVD hidden inside the house, leaving him caught between two volatile standoffs.

Released in 2005, Hostage is an action, crime and drama film.

The calibrated figure is built from 244 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 248 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 4 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.

Is Hostage (2005) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 244
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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