Hostage is another in my holidays Netflix series catch up blitz.
The British political thriller miniseries originally streamed back in August last year.
Starring Suranne Jones & Julie Delpy as the fictional British prime minister & French president respectively. An international summit between the French and British leaders goes awry when the husband of the British Prime Minister is kidnapped and the French president is blackmailed.
In this action-packed political thriller, the British Prime Minister (Jones) goes head to head with the French President (Delpy) and is forced to make an unimaginable decision.Fighting political pressures, with a husband held hostage and a country to defend, she’s left with nearly no choice - but she will not give in.
No I have said a lot recently about the US, not knowing how to edit out the fluff of a miniseries. The recently Ryan Murphy Monster series was a perfect example. Too much filler, not all killer.
Hostage literally just goes for it. Shorter running times on the five episodes. And just like that, five episodes. DONE! This also was way more addictive. As my catch up blitz continues this UK series lead by Vigil legend Jones, streamed in August.
I think at the time it had some heat around it. Not as buzz worthy as some of the series on the world's biggest streamer, but still it got some buzz. Now Stranger Things has also concluded, Netflix will surely be on the hunt for the next big thing.
Now back to Hostage. If like me you were hooked on something else in August, maybe don't read on till you have binged this little gem.
During her time as a junior Foreign Office minister Dalton (Jones) orders British civilians to be evacuated from Belize after Guatemala invades, leaving local support staff behind.
General Livingston is revealed to be behind the conspiracy and giving Shagan his orders.
Ogilvy, now acting Prime Minister, declares a state of emergency following the explosion and deploys the British Army to the streets.
Dalton’s team discovered both Shagan and Livingston were stationed in Belize during the evacuation. With the help of Foreign Secretary Kathy MacIntyre, Dalton enters Ministry of Defence Headquarters and confronts Livingston, who is arrested after implicating himself in a fit of rage after criticising her military cuts. Shagan and Saskia kidnap Anderson, Sylvie and Matheo at a safehouse, killing two Protection Command officers.
Shagan demands that Dalton take their place. Matheo secretly calls 999 and then fights Saskia, but allows her to flee. Shagan tells Dalton his pregnant Belizean fiancée was killed by invading forces after Dalton ordered only British staff to be evacuated. Before he can kill Dalton, Sylvie takes Saskia’s discarded pistol and shoots Shagan after he confesses to killing her grandfather.
The no-confidence vote is voided, and Dalton is reinstated as Prime Minister.
Three months later, she announces a general election and, in tribute to Toussaint, promises utmost honesty with the electorate.
I enjoyed this whilst escaping some of the Fiji sun. It was a super easy watch unlike the next series I'm going to tackle on Amazon. Australian critical acclaimed series, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Another miniseries, also on a streaming giant, creating very little local content. So it's good to catch up with this series from April last year. Interesting it streamed whilst I was in Japan, considering the nature of the series.
Still to come, I finally jump into Down Cemetery Road and when I get home I'll continue Dept. Q! Till then, laters....
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