Proof of Life

“For her, it's personal. For him, it's a contract.”

6.1(859)20002h 15m

ThrillerActionDrama

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

Director

Taylor Hackford

Budget

$65.0M

Revenue

$62.8M

Cast

Meg Ryan

Alice Bowman

Russell Crowe

Terry Thorne

David Morse

Peter Bowman

Pamela Reed

Janis Goodman

David Caruso

Dino

Anthony Heald

Ted Fellner

Stanley Anderson

Jerry

Gottfried John

Eric Kessler

Alun Armstrong

Wyatt

Michael Kitchen

Ian Havery

Margo Martindale

Ivy

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Arturo Fernandez

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1 review

John Chard

11y ago

6.0

We're out of miracles. Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that of kidnapping for ransom. So many genres to tackle means that invariably Taylor Hackford's film feels...