The driest of dry comedies, Hostages, feels as if this was tailor made for a British audience. The attitudes and weird awkward interactions shared between the characters (except for David, the most useless security guard you’ll ever find), all scream ‘this is very British’.
After an explosion in a hotel near London Bridge, the majority of the staff and guests are quickly evacuated. But due to the confusion and clarity of where to actually exist, four guests find themselves holed up in one of the rooms unsure what to do, especially when it seems everyone on social media and indeed the news say it's a terrorist attack. What follows is a series of frustrating phone calls to the police, with each other and debate about whether they should actually be tweeting any of this.
Full review over at Filmhounds.