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Hostages

 1992
 96 minutes (1 hrs 36 mins)
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Production Country

United States

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Directed by

David Wheatley

Starring

Kathy Bates · Colin Firth · Ciarán Hinds · Natasha Richardson · Jay O. Sanders · Josef Sommer

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Release dates

US release date US release
20th February 1993
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
23rd September 1992
United States release date United States release
20th February 1993

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

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News from around the web
Hostages (2025 film)  Daily Mail Wed, 3rd June 2026

Screams ‘Very British’ – Hostages (Film Review)  FILMHOUNDS Magazine Fri, 19th December 2025

Rebutting ‘NAZA,’ freed hostage says he knows what it’s like ‘to be collateral damage’  The Times of Israel Wed, 23rd September 2026

American Hostage review: Jon Hamm stars in effective true crime story  Roger Ebert Fri, 11th September 2026

Ghosts favourite leads new comedy thriller Hostages – watch first-look trailer  Radio Times Mon, 24th November 2025

'American Hostage' Review: Jon Hamm in MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller  The Hollywood Reporter Sat, 19th September 2026

Ambulance is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, language, threat, medical gore

18th March 2022

Director Michael Bay brings his latest movie to the big screen in March with the drama Ambulance which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK.

The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal who is known for roles in movies like Brokeback Mountain and Donnie Darko and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who was last seen in The Matrix Resurrections.

The movie is directed by Michael Bay who is most famous for directing Transformers in 2007 and its many sequels.

Movie Synopsis

Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while keeping their hostages alive.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Ambulance
  • BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
  • Reason: strong bloody violence, language, threat, medical gore
  • Release date: 25th March 2022
  • Runtime: 136m (2 hour 16 minutes)
  • Director:
    • Michael Bay
  • Starring:
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
    • Eiza González

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