Five Desperate Hours (1997)

"In seconds their paths crossed In hours their lives changed"
Audience Score
53
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange Giancarlo Esposito an unstable fugitive from the law bursts into the home of suburban housewife Claire Ballard Sharon Lawrence and an intense hostage drama begins Desperate to save her life Claire initiates a dialogue with Grange as a triggerhappy SWAT team waits outside poised to storm the house Claire herself the product of a troubled past begins to identify with the tormented Grange and over five tensionfilled hours victim and captor forge an unlikely bond