The Hire - Hostage
- 17 years ago
First episode of the second season.
Plot:
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and hid her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he his told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then solves a cryptic code to find the hostage in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the woman who is revealed to be the hostage taker's boss and lover coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Directed by John Woo
Featured the BMW Z4
Plot:
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and hid her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he his told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then solves a cryptic code to find the hostage in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the woman who is revealed to be the hostage taker's boss and lover coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Directed by John Woo
Featured the BMW Z4