Sentence examples for hostage action from inspiring English sources

This was followed by another direct to video film Command Performance (2009), a hostage action drama in which Lundgren, a proficient musician in real life, plays a rock drummer forced to face terrorists at a concert in Moscow.

Apparently, it's not enough to appreciate the real heroism in the story: the hostages' brave actions helped bring the plane down in a field, potentially saving hundreds of lives.

"Our obligation to protect this country should not be held hostage by the action of a traitor or traitors," said Rogers.

Israeli officials countered that peace efforts are still hostage to terrorist actions and that Mr. Arafat has not done enough to stop them.

According to her, the cinematic representation of human actions hostage to the world's power of resistance was a crucial source of inspiration for his mature ontology, notably for his vision of the absurdity inherent in the world's contingency (de Beauvoir 1960).

Second, the cycle is hostage to the actions of people, namely central bankers and politicians who can prevent a recession -- or cause one -- by managing or mismanaging the money supply and government spending.

While the village of Westbury was praising Ernest Strada for taking on the state, residents of the village of Carle Place felt they were being taken hostage by his actions and that the stoppage of work was hurting their community more than Westbury.

Following the disastrous attempt in 1980 to resolve the Iran hostage crisis by military action, the United States reorganized its special operations forces.

Offensive counter-terrorist operations may include direct action and hostage recovery.

He recently appeared as the U.S. President who has taken hostage in the 2013 action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.

Inspectors would be the first victims of hostage-taking if military action began.