Gunman Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell) infiltrates a live TV broadcast where Lee Gates (Clooney) is hosting a financial adviser show. He storms in and makes Gates wear a bomb vest. Kyle claims he lost all his money due to the advice Gates gave supporting a company called IBIS and he wants to know why and it wasn't just him that lost because it is touted that $800-million was lost and the company tried to blame it on a computer glitch within the Algorithm.
Kyle demands that everything be shown live to the entire world to let the world know how everything is rigged. OK, we see the entire world watching the proceedings on TV, but if truth be told, the Show Director Patty (Julia Roberts) could have NOT allowed that to happen, by letting Kyle see himself on TV, but the broadcast NOT go out to the world. See? It could have been done because Kyle didn't have any knowledge of how things worked in the studio and could have been tricked into believing the entire world was watching. We do see the police getting ready to shoot a wire on Gates' bomb vest that will sever the connection to the bomb. (Ooooh, that will be dicey!)
Okay, that aside I enjoyed this hostage situation. (Did you really say that?) And yes, we had to put up with a lot of F- bombs that came from all sides. (So what else is new?) Now to keep us in the audience tuned in, Kyle is told that the studio will find out why $800-milllion was lost and he buys it and things slow down some including the F-bombs too.
Also, to help Kyle calm down his pregnant girlfriend is brought in. Will it work?
There is a twist and everyone knows what it will be and there is no surprise here. Hey, it was telegraphed.
There is another twist - not telegraphed - and this one is a big deal.
All in all a pretty good movie. I was surprised at how good the pacing, suspense and tension were. I say this because I really don't like hostage situations. (But you said ..) The acting all around was good too. (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity: No. Language: Yes, a lot.
Kyle demands that everything be shown live to the entire world to let the world know how everything is rigged. OK, we see the entire world watching the proceedings on TV, but if truth be told, the Show Director Patty (Julia Roberts) could have NOT allowed that to happen, by letting Kyle see himself on TV, but the broadcast NOT go out to the world. See? It could have been done because Kyle didn't have any knowledge of how things worked in the studio and could have been tricked into believing the entire world was watching. We do see the police getting ready to shoot a wire on Gates' bomb vest that will sever the connection to the bomb. (Ooooh, that will be dicey!)
Okay, that aside I enjoyed this hostage situation. (Did you really say that?) And yes, we had to put up with a lot of F- bombs that came from all sides. (So what else is new?) Now to keep us in the audience tuned in, Kyle is told that the studio will find out why $800-milllion was lost and he buys it and things slow down some including the F-bombs too.
Also, to help Kyle calm down his pregnant girlfriend is brought in. Will it work?
There is a twist and everyone knows what it will be and there is no surprise here. Hey, it was telegraphed.
There is another twist - not telegraphed - and this one is a big deal.
All in all a pretty good movie. I was surprised at how good the pacing, suspense and tension were. I say this because I really don't like hostage situations. (But you said ..) The acting all around was good too. (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity: No. Language: Yes, a lot.