Peter's wife Alice (Meg Ryan) is forced to deal with the matter on her own. She retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe). With the help of a fellow negotiator, Dino (David Caruso), and a trio of highly trained mercenaries, Terry mounts a bold operation to rescue Peter that could as easily result in disaster as in triumph.

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		Rules of Engagement Sensing a crisis in Yemen, the U.S. government sends Col. Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) to remove the U.S. ambassador and his family. Childers succeeds but ends up killing 80 civilians in the process. Fearing a court martial that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life, Childers looks to Col. Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) to defend him in court.  More Like This		R	(2000)
		The Art of War Part of the United Nations' elite covert action unit, Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is trained in the art of victory without combat. But when terrorists threaten the signing of a worldwide free trade agreement and Shaw is framed for an ambassador's murder, he'll do whatever it takes to clear his name. Hard-driving action and bullet ballet are the name of the vicious game in The Art of War.  More Like This		R	(2000)
		Entrapment It's easy to get immersed in this intoxicating thriller that features more high-tech gizmos than you'd probably find in Bill Gates' attic. Sean Connery stars as a retired master thief implicated in a major art burglary. Catherine Zeta-Jones is the investigator sent to track him down. They join forces for a millennial heist that'll have you clutching your recliner's arms.  More Like This		PG-13	(1999)
		Pearl Harbor Ten-hut! Studly Air Force fighter pilots Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are tough-as-nails risk-takers who must battle Japanese Zeros -- and each other -- for the affections of comely nurse Kate Beckinsale. Set against the cataclysmic events of December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor comes at you like a white-hot tracer bullet fired point-blank. Batten down the hatches, it's gonna be a bumpy war!  More Like This		PG-13	(2001)

James Rocchi

Mixing action, suspense, forbidden romance and foreign intrigue, Proof of Life tries to follow in Casablanca's well-trodden footsteps. The end result, however, feels like a bizarre hybrid of a James Bond movie and a two-Kleenex Harlequin Romance love story.