liberation of hostage
9 movies and shows

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Fri, 21 May 1993
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.

Street Fighter
Fri, 23 Dec 1994
Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Fri, 09 Jun 1989
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.

I Spy
Thu, 31 Oct 2002
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Wed, 02 Oct 1974
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Air Buddies
Tue, 12 Dec 2006
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's desire to have the world's most athletic dog as a pet.

Metro
Thu, 16 Jan 1997
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

The Ref
Wed, 09 Mar 1994
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Strawberry in the Supermarket
Thu, 06 Feb 2003
An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother.