Hostage elbows bad guy, who drops gun. Hero grabs gun. Depending on the story flow, hero either shoots bad guy, or turns bad guy over to the authorities. Either way, hero and hostage (who after all, is a beautiful woman) go arm in arm off into the sunset.
Bad Guy: “Drop…”
[Good Guy shoots Bad Guy in face]
[Bad Guy drops where he stands]
[Good Guy walks over and shoots him in the head two more times]
Hostage: “Win!”
Fade out on Hostage fellating Good Guy.
As seen in the first episode of Firefly (except for the fellating part).
Bad guy “Put the gun down or your girlfriend gets it.”
Good guy “Oh, this isn’t a gun. It’s just a cell phone, and your mother has heard every word you said.”
Bad Guy “Why, you son of a…”
Mother “Larry! I taught you better then to ever use such language!”
Once the bad guy has expounded sufficiently, the good guy staggers towards the bad guy and hostage and pukes on them (or at least, at them). Nobody is going to remain holding a person when puke is coming at them. Then good guy shoots bad guy. “But nobody can puke on cue.” I hear you cry…but Sandy Dennis did it for over a year while starring on Broadway in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? I’m not saying Sandy Dennis should be your good guy. Only that the talent of throwing up can be a learned skill.
Bad guy “Drop the gun or she gets it. In the head. With a bullet, if that wasn’t clear. A bullet from my gun.”
Good guy “Oh, this isn’t a gun. It’s my music player.”
He presses play and the Disco hit “A Fifth of Beethoven” comes blaring out. They can’t resist the music and it’s not long before their shoulders start grooving and their feet start moving. They find themselves in a dance off, the girl going back and forth between them. Then it gets intense and they are face to face, slaves to the rhythm. The good guy suddenly remembers why there are there and punches the bad guy in the face.
The Good Guy lowers his gun just enough and lets the Bad Guy back up so he can release the hostage and get a running start. That’s what Police are trained to do, and it works.
Then the sniper drops him, if you like, or the cops partner gets him.
They did a great take on this in the last Die Hard movie. The bad guy has a gun pointed at the hostage’s shoulder area. The hostage braces himself, reaches up and pulls the trigger himself causing the bullet to go through his body into the bad guy. Good guy with gun then finishes the bad guy off.
My original idea would be, if the cop/hostage are married or dating then have them get into a big argument…
Wife: Don’t you shoot me Harold.
Husband: I’m not going to shoot you.
Wife: Don’t you freaking shoot me Harold.
Husband: I’m not going to shoot you Lois.
Wife: I know what you’re thinking and you’re not that good of a shot Harold.
Husband: Just be quiet, will you.
Bad Guy: Everybody be quiet or I’ll shoot.
Wife (to bad guy): He’s going to shoot you.
Husband: I’m going to shoot you both if you don’t shut up.
Bad guy starts backing towards exit, trips.
Husband shoots bad guy.
(waits 5 seconds)
Husband shoots wife.
Lots of fun responses! Thank you, everyone!
Well, this is almost what I had originally; the GG drops his gun…but when the BG gets distracted, the GG throws a knife.
Judge Dredd did that once: shot the BG right through the hostage. The hostage gets a nasty lung wound, but lives. The BG dies instantly. Only Judge Dredd!
Not bad! I could work with this!
An “outside distraction” is a possibility. During the standoff, a rogue elephant rampages into the room.
It wins for realism. I’m afraid, though, it would be a slow, many-page scene, with lots of dull, pointless dialogue. A real excitement-killer. You’re right, this is how it should go. (Remember that this evolved out of “You understand why they do it but it takes you out of the movie anyway.” I’m hoping for a third option!)
Pretty, and still believable.
Or the hostage could puke. That would certain distract the BG. (Some rape prevention strategies suggest that victims vomit, urinate, and defecate, to repel the rapist.)
Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin do this a number of times: they pretend to be fighting with each other, thus getting the BG to underestimate them.
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. . . (waits 5 seconds)
Husband shoots wife.
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Okay, I didn’t see that coming!
Bad guy has hostage.
Good guys throw guns into crevasse.
Bad guy monologues a while, and lowers the aim of his gun.
Good guy shoots bad guy with hat gun.
End of problem…
There’s gotta be a way to write in a shark with laser eyes into this. And can’t we just nuke them all from orbit?
Boyo Jim: You’re actually closer than you might have thought, as it is a fantasy story, and there was a supernatural monster in a preceding scene. Not a shark with lasers, but something kinda Lovecraftian. Kinda. Oozy.
Bad guy has hostage.
Good guys throw guns into crevasse.
Bad guy monologues a while, and lowers the aim of his gun.
Good guy has a tiny gun in the sleeve of his jacket.
He lowers his arm and the gun slips into his hand, unseen by the Bad Guy.
Good guy shoots bad guy to disable him, picks up bad guy’s gun, and finishes the job
End of problem.
The good guy keeps the bad guy talking, all the while correcting his grammar, word choice and pronunciation. The bad guy will soon get tired of this, and since he has a gun out already, will shoot the good guy. This will give the hostage a chance to disable or escape the bad guy. The good guy will probably be dead, but after that will anyone really miss him?
“If you shoot her, NOTHING in this world is going to keep me from shooting you. Your ONLY chance to survive is to let her go. You may or may not believe that I will not shoot you at that point, but if you do anything other than let her go, you are certainly going to be dead.”
Figures that would happen on Enterprise. But if you can stun them all and sort out the bad ones later it’s not a bad idea.
I seem to remember someone getting out of being a hostage by reprogramming a phaser to backfire or something. I can’t remember who that was though. Maybe Beverly.
The good guy drops the gun and it goes off shooting the bad guy in the knee who reacts and falls. The hostage grabs bad guy’s gun and finishes him with a head shot.
Definitely a promising story arc!
That actually sounds like a line of negotiating that could be used in the real world.
Or the GG drops the gun, which goes off and shoots him in his own knee, and the BG laughs so hard, the hostage punches him in the googlies and escapes on her own.
Well, I did, right before you.
Hot Fuzz had the scene where the bad guy tells the good guys to throw down their guns, they do and it goes off and shoots the bad guy in the foot. Although probably not terribly realistic, as it looks like it’s a Winchester 1300, which is almost certainly drop-safe.
I really like this one.