There's a silent, screaming slide into the bowels if ultimate despair. Hostage is a man hanging by his fingernails over the edge of chaos and feeling his fingers slowly straightening.
Hostage is a mutant creature, full of self loathing, guilt and death wishing.
But he's a man, a rare unique, and beautiful creation of which these things are no part. No endorsement has been received from anyone portrayed. We see other kidnappings that occurred before his in a prologue and releases after his in a summary at the end. It is very much his story and Brian Keenan's. The original idea for the film came about while the two were still in captivity as a way to keep their plight in front of the public.