there's not much to what Rogue Hostage has to offer; yet for all its problems (and this movie, overall, isn't very good), there are enough surprisingly strong qualities to say this wouldn't be the worst film to watch if you stumbled across it on your TV
the emotional stakes feel remarkably low in this incoherent assembly-line thriller; Between the woefully contrived screenplay, the lack of character development, and the by-the-numbers visual presentation, the film never generates much tension
other than the above-average efforts by John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, this ruthlessly mediocre action movie fails to muster enough energy to move itself out of the well-worn grooves of its story
