Netflix’s ‘Hostage’ Is a Panic Disorder Hopped Up on a Five

Netflix’s ‘Hostage’ Is a Panic Disorder Hopped Up on a Five-Hour Energy Drink

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Probably my biggest complaint with the streaming era is that too many television series stretch six episodes of material into ten. A lot of shows would work better as movies. That is decidedly not the case, however, for Netflix’s political thriller miniseries Hostage . This one feels like ten episodes crammed into five, and I mean that as a compliment: it goes, goes, goes, and never lets up until it’s over. It’s a rarity—a five-episode series that not only shouldn’t be a movie, but actually feels like one.

The series comes from Matt Charman, a playwright who also co-wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies with the Coen Brothers, as well as Netflix’s s