Summary
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Alice (Meg Ryan) and Peter Bowman (David Morse) are in a South American country so Peter can supervise the construction of a dam backed by an American oil company. Their marriage is on shaky ground; David is thrilled to be on a project he believes (a bit naively) will benefit the impoverished inhabitants, while Alice is stuck in a funk over the miscarriage she had in Africa during Peter's last job. Then Peter is kidnapped by a volatile guerrilla group with ties to the country's thriving drug trade. His employers call in professional kidnap-and-ransom negotiator Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), but after his first meeting with the family, involving Alice and Peter's pushy sister, Janis (Pamela Reed), they realize that the near bankrupt company has let their K&R insurance lapse and can't pay. Though Thorne hops the next plane to London, he has a crisis of conscience and returns to help get back Peter, who's been marched to a remote guerrilla encampment in the mountains. As the negotiations drag on, Terry and Alice develop a complex, not-quite-romantic relationship. Finally Thorne, with the assistance of fellow negotiatior Dino (David Caruso) lead the attempt to free Peter from his captors.
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