The Hostage (2006)

Original title

الرهينة

Directed by

Sandra Nashaat

Genre

action, drama, comedy

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An Egyptian man named Mustafa arrives in Ukraine and witnesses the kidnapping of an Egyptian scientist. He gets drawn into a rescue mission in a foreign country he knows nothing about.

suspensefultensemysteriousurgentconfusingaction-orientedunsettling

What happens

الرهينة فيلم مصري إنتاج عام 2006. تدور أحداثه حول شاب يدعى مصطفى، يحدث له مفاجآة لحظة وصوله أوكرانيا، حيث تقع أمام عينه جريمة اختطاف عالم مصري جاء ليزور أحد أقاربه في أوكرانيا، فيتورط في مهمة إنقاذ هذا العالم في بلد لا يعرف عنها شيئا وتحدث الكثير من المفارقات. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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