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MOVIE

Hostages

 1943
 88 minutes (1 hrs 28 mins)
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Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Frank Tuttle

Starring

Luise Rainer · Arturo de Cordova · William Bendix · Paul Lukas · Katina Paxinou · Oscar Homolka

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Release dates

Mexico release date Mexico release
16th December 1943
Australia release date Australia release
17th April 1944
France release date France release
24th January 1947

Certificates

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News from around the web
I made a film about hostage posters. I was accused of centering ‘whiteness’  The Times of Israel Thu, 8th October 2026

Hostages (2025 film)  Daily Mail Wed, 3rd June 2026

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

‘Torn’ documentary on battle over Israeli hostage posters wins New York Emmy award  The Times of Israel Tue, 13th October 2026

When terminating a TV contract becomes a hostage crisis  The Standard (HK) Wed, 10th June 2026

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

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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