John Cale, polícia do Capitólio, acaba de ver recusado o seu emprego de sonho nos Serviços Secretos de Proteção ao Presidente James Sawyer). Para não deixar a sua filha decepcionada com esta notícia, John leva-a a visitar a Casa Branca, mas o local é tomado por um grupo paramilitar fortemente armado. Agora, com o Governo num caos e com o tempo a esgotar-se, cabe a Cale salvar o Presidente, a sua filha e o País.
Quando um grupo de terroristas invade um arranha-céus de Los Angeles e faz vários reféns, o polícia nova-iorquino John McClaine, que por acaso estava por perto, torna-se na maior esperança dos reféns, onde está a sua própria esposa. Mas ele está sozinho, cansado e tem apenas a sua arma de serviço e uma boa dose de coragem. Conseguirá ajudar os colegas californianos a dominar os terroristas e a salvar vidas?
Anos após a espetacular fuga de Ray Breslin da prisão à prova de fuga conhecida como O Túmulo, este organiza uma nova força de segurança de mercenários de elite. Quando um elemento da equipa de Breslin, Shu, um mestre de ‘wing chun’, frio como o gelo – desaparece no interior de um labirinto de luta de terror-tecno controlado por um computador denominado HADES, local onde os lutadores humanos se enfrentam como verdadeiras bestas – Breslin terá de aceder a um esconderijo secreto para salvar o seu amigo.
A bordo do avião presidencial mais seguro do mundo, o Presidente Marshall está de regresso a casa com a esposa, a filha e os mais importantes membros do seu governo. Logo após a descolagem, o avião é sequestrado por radicais. A menos que o ditador do seu país seja libertado, ele ameaça matar todos os passageiros.
Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member of his crew, Decker, takes the team down and reveals she’s an undercover Interpol agent. Heartbroken, Mason escapes and retires from the life of crime until his younger brother Shawn is out of his league taking on a big bank heist all on his own. Mason has no choice left but to come to the rescue, while Interpol brings Decker in hoping to unnerve him. Before the SWAT teams storm the bank, Mason must use every tool in his arsenal to not only escape with the prize, but also the love of his life.
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.
A family of clowns have a daring rescue plan.
A former police colonel robbed a bank. He believes that this is the only way to prevent the illegal export of gold, which goes through a channel controlled by the mafia.
On September 6, 1970, militant Palestinians hijack a fully occupied Swissair plane. After weeks of negotiations, the Federal Council capitulates, gives in to the terrorists' demands and releases three Palestinians imprisoned in Switzerland.
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Two female tourists are taken hostage by criminals who are chasing a man recently released from prison who knows the whereabouts of stolen money
A family's weekly Sunday drive turns terrifying when desperate jewel thieves detour them and hold them hostage.
Masked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage, and execute one of them. They make no demands. Silent terror is their modus operandi. Seeing as the army will take two days to arrive due to a snowstorm, maths teacher Tazshi decides to assemble his own assault team: his ex-wife, the gym teacher, the cowardly school principal, an alcoholic night watchman, the village idiot, and an incompetent chief of police.
A fledgling band struggles to grow past the popularity of their one hit song 'Muff Dive'.