Hostages

Hostages (2025)

They escaped the explosion but not the algorithm.

After a terrifying London hotel explosion, three strangers hide together in a room, navigating a chaotic hostage situation that satirizes the 24-hour news cycle, self-proclaimed experts, and society’s obsession with social media over human life.

Date of release
2025-03-20
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
Director
Jim Owen

Casting

Interesting facts

Hostages is a 2025 British comedy thriller film written and directed by Jim Owen, and starring Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury and Raj Ghatak.

Production

The film marks the feature length directorial debut of Jim Owen. A Rawk Pictures Ltd production, the film is produced by Ben Gallop.

The cast is led by Charlotte Ritchie and also includes Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury and Raj Ghatak as well as Luke McQueen, Nick Helm, Rachel Stubbings, Jack Barry, Georgie Jones and Simon McCoy.

Principal photography took place in 2022, with 2nd Unit photography continuing in 2023. Filming locations included the London Bridge Hotel, and other locations in Borough and Old Street. The 24hr news broadcast with Simon McCoy was shot in a studio in Birmingham. All post-production was finished in 2024.

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