Summary: Best friends and criminals Durell Washington and LeeJohn are two thieves who haven't got a prayer. Sentenced to 5,000 hours of community service, Durell's life quickly goes from bad to worse. Realizing that the Lord helps those who help themselves, he eventually decides to help himself to the neighborhood church's building fund. Accompanied by LeeJohn, the two down-on-their-luck men are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIRSummary: The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DOGSummary: Team leader O'Hara leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels, and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROGSummary: A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery gone awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SURCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SURSummary: Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE AMBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMBSummary: Ron Whitlock is a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it's up to one retired elite army ranger Mack Karr to save thousands of innocent lives before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEASummary: Predator: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth--because the Predator is not of this earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PRESummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIESummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROSummary: Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TAKSummary: Bryan Mills is a former spy possessing 'a very particular set of skills acquired over a very long career,' which come in handy as various members of his family are held for ransom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TAKSummary: Jay is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding, armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be. Despite his cool efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and his hostage on the run across the border and through the railway stations, back alleys, and black markets of New Delhi, as all the while attractions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WEDSummary: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRESummary: The small town of Suddenly is invaded by professional assassin John Baron and his henchmen. Taking a local family hostage, Baron sets up vigil at the second-story window of the family's home. Baron is hoping to become "someone" by killing the President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Legend Films 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SUDSummary: New York detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family. As he waits for his estranged wife's office Christmas party to break up, German terrorists occupy the building, and McClane wages a one-man war to stop them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE DIESummary: Die hard: New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013