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Suspenseful Rough Sentimental Exciting
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Hostages Kidnapping Confined Crimes Danger Escapades Couples Daring Rescue more...
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Action Thriller Drama
Time/Period:
90s
Place:
South America Jungle
Audience:
Boys' Night
Based on:
Based on Article
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Serious Realistic
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Violent Content

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Proof of Life, 2000

Starring: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse

Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Written by: Tony Gilroy

Language: English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, French

Country: USA

Runtime: 135 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.2

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Profile of Proof of Life

Proof of Life can be described as suspenseful, sentimental, and exciting. The plot revolves around hostages, kidnapping, and imprisonment or confinement. The main genres are thriller, action, and drama. In approach, Proof of Life is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a jungle. It is located in South America. Proof of Life takes place in the 1990s. It is inspired by an article. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that Proof of Life involves violent content.

Summary of Proof of Life

Around the world, between 20,000 and 50,000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford's suspense-filled adventure film, American businessman Peter Bowman (David Morse) is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The megacorporation he works for sends in an expert hostage negotiator, Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), to settle on a ransom with the kidnappers, an antigovernment faction. Thorne earns the reluctant trust of Bowman's wife, Alice (Meg Ryan), and begins trying to win Bowman's freedom, but conflict with Bowman's employers, missteps with the kidnappers, and Thorne's growing attraction to Alice threaten to derail his efforts. Crowe and Ryan are excellent as thrown-together allies under pressure, and Morse's descent from collected businessman to desperate hostage anchors the film. Watch for former NYPD BLUE sensation David Caruso as Crowe's partner. PROOF OF LIFE is based on an article entitled "Adventures in the Ransom Trade," written by William Prochnau, which was published in the May 1998 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.