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783:Film portal
758:Roger Ebert
752:CinemaScore
568:as Joe Mack
530:Art LaFleur
497:Rob Knepper
376:Los Angeles
288:113 minutes
83:Mark Gordon
76:Produced by
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1232:2005 films
1226:Categories
991:Metacritic
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805:References
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684:Box office
668:Home media
626:horrorcore
585:West Coast
579:Production
485:Kim Coates
455:Ben Foster
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317:Box office
271:2005-03-11
260:2005-03-09
207:Production
152:Kim Coates
122:Ben Foster
943:"Hostage"
844:"Hostage"
825:21 August
679:Reception
608:Hollywood
399:encrypted
368:L.A. SWAT
209:companies
179:Edited by
1150:The Nest
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