Lebenszeichen – Proof of Life (2000)

Lebenszeichen – Proof of Life: Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed. Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

“Its an OK movie overall. There is no arguing that Russel Crowe has some charisma in this film. And Meg Ryan… is Meg Ryan and really not a good fit. Overall not anything to get that excited about. But the action sequences, both when Peter is captured and the film ending hostage rescue sequence in my opinion are some of the greatest and most accurate in film. Not perfect, this is a movie so some creative/dramatic license was taken, but way above par compared to most any other film I can think of with very rare exception. Its pretty clear that they had a rare combination of fantastic military consultants along with a director and cinematographer willing to listen and make the most of it. Tactics, equipment, effects (with obligatory gasoline added to explosions…), even hand signals, how the guerrillau0026#39;s operate… Spot on! Quite the rarity and very refreshing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eReally canu0026#39;t say enough good things about the action sequences. Movie is worth seeing just for this. The rest… meh.”