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A deranged criminal forces a young woman to drive him across the country.

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Genre: Mystery & thriller

Original Language: English

Director: Kaila York

Producer: A.J. Kelly

Writer: John F. Hayes

Runtime: 1h 30m

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Veronica Ramirez

Luke Charles Stafford

Chala Savino

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Andressa Cordeiro

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Original Music

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Production Design

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Road Trip Hostage

Starring: veronica ramirez, lukas charles stafford, chala savino and gabriella biziou.

After accidentally killing his father, the handsome and charming Rick flees the scene of the crime. To avoid getting caught by the police, he asks the innocent Emma to drive him to the airport. Emma is a young student who had angrily left home when pursuing her dreams led to a fractured relationship with her mother. What started out as a simple request for a ride, quickly turns into an active hostage situation, as Rick does everything he can to avoid getting caught by the authorities.

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When pursuing her dreams leads to a fractured relationship with her mother, a young student angrily leaves home, but soon finds herself the hostage of a deranged criminal who forces her to drive him across the country. Inspired by actual events.

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Lifetime’s big Saturday night movie premiere is one that will make you check your door locks twice the next time you go for a drive. Road Trip Hostage stars Veronica Ramirez as Emma, a student who finds herself held hostage in her own car. She’s faced with a choice: drive this criminal (Luke Charles Stafford) across the country or else.

If you’re looking for information on watching Lifetime’s Road Trip Hostage , we’ve got all of those details covered. Here’s everything you need to know about watching and/or streaming this movie on Lifetime.

What time does Road Trip Hostage premiere on Lifetime?

Road Trip Hostage premieres on Lifetime on Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET. If you have a cable login and want to watch the new movie online, you can stream it live via Lifetime’s website .

If you don’t have a cable login, you can still watch Lifetime movies as they air via the following live TV streaming services: frndly , Hulu , Sling TV , and Philo .

When will Lifetime rerun Road Trip Hostage ?

After it premieres on Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET, Road Trip Hostage will re-air on Lifetime at the following times:

• Sunday, April 30 at 12 a.m. ET
• Sunday, May 7 at 6 p.m. ET

How to stream Road Trip Hostage

If you miss Road Trip Hostage when it premieres on Lifetime, you will be able to stream it next day on Lifetime’s website for free (with ads). You can also stream it on-demand via frndly , Hulu , Sling TV , and Philo .

Who is in the Road Trip Hostage cast?

Veronica Ramirez ( Up Here ), Luke Stafford ( Secret Society of Lies ), Chala Savino ( Days of Our Lives ), Gabriella Biziou ( Sorry For Your Loss ), Nicole Andrews ( Tacoma FD ), and Circus-Szalewski ( Mindhunter )

Is Road Trip Hostage based on a true story?

The film’s official description on the Lifetime website says that it was inspired by actual events. However, “inspired by actual events” does not mean that a student named Emma was held hostage and forced to drive a criminal named Rick around. It’s possible that this movie pulls elements from any number of stories of a carjacking wherein the carjacker steals the car and the driver. This was the frequent mode of transportation for serial killer Douglas Gretzler and his accomplice Willie Steelman . This is even the plot of 12 Desperate Hours, a movie that premiered on Lifetime just two months ago. That movie was actually based on one specific true story , and it’s possible that that story inspired parts of this movie too.

Road Trip Hostage premieres on Lifetime on Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET.

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2023 Directed by Kaila York

When pursuing her dreams leads to a fractured relationship with her mother, a young student angrily leaves home, but soon finds herself the hostage of a deranged criminal who forces her to drive him across the country.

Luke Charles Stafford Chala Savino Verónica Ramírez Gabriella Biziou Christopher Sky Circus-Szalewski Rachel Turner Lisa Long Nicole Andrews Harvey B. Jackson Grace Patterson

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Andrew Jukes Nathan de Lorimier

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Executive producers exec. producers.

Timothy O. Johnson Joseph Wilka

Writer Writer

John F. Hayes

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Jeff Hardwick

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Cinematography cinematography.

Andressa Cordeiro

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Tyson Galland

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Tom Leduc Jeff Marlowe Taylor Huddleston

Production Design Production Design

Matt Walker

Art Direction Art Direction

Abigail Marie Perez Blossom Chiddick

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Jaron Flynn

Stunts Stunts

K.J. Phelps

Composer Composer

Ryan Chamales

Sound Sound

Jason Bodily Andrew Silagy Luis Murguía Artem Semenov

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Jessica Mauricio

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Sarah Krasnianski Emily Mefford Kelly Torres Catherine Besler

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Review by GeorgeJ12 ★½

Incredibly punchable villain - movie almost makes you wish he would have resisted being arrested at the end. He punches out his kidnap victim for putting cough medicine in his cold brew to make him fall asleep and she is back driving in the next scene.

Review by Carlos Lee ★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Lifetime delivers on the cheese. 1) Emma spends the night tied up on the hotel bathroom floor. Her makeup and hair is still perfect the next day. 2) Cops take Emma's mother along in the search. 3) Emma's mother talks Rick into releasing Emma.

Review by MarvinTT ★★

Emma gives a ride to her neighbor who turns out to be on the run from the cops. Emma's mom and detectives try to desperately find her. Based on a true story but lifetime usually finds a way to cheese it up. Rick's acting is lifetime psycho 101. Emma's mom somehow is riding with the detective on the investigation and running after a kidnapper. I need to stop expecting too much out of these movies.

Review by Thom Robinson ★½

"This isn't you." "You think you know me? ON THIS DAY! I SEE CLEARLY! EVERYTHING HAS COME TO LIFE!"

I could take or leave pretty much everything that came between the opening and closing scenes. That "Hall of Fame" track is a banger.

Review by ryan?

Not gonna give this a rating as I only saw like the 2nd half round my nans house, this kidnapper bloke is such a shocking actor. Movie was a bit pants but idk me and my nan got quite into it.

Review by AussiexTJ ★★

Best part = ASMR - Girl Crying

Review by Khayelihle Goba ★½

I knew this movie would be interesting before I watched it

Review by aizyaht ★

What can I say? These aren't movies. I watched this because my grandma wanted to see it and I'll never say no to a movie.

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When pursuing her dreams leads to a fractured relationship with her mother, a young student angrily leaves home, but soon finds herself the hostage of a deranged criminal who forces her to drive him across the country. Inspired by actual events. Starring Veronica Ramirez, Lukas Stafford, Chala Savino.

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Inspired by True Events

Emma is a beautiful diabetic college student with a passion for dance. (She is pretty talented!) Her mother, Hillary, pushes her daughter not to follow her dreams and become a geologist. Emma wants to take a year off, creating tension in the relationship. 

We cut to a hunk (whose shirt is unbuttoned one button too many.) in the CIP lounge of a club. His name is Rick, and he is living off his parent’s money. His father cuts Rick off from the family. Unfortunately, his card is continually declined.

Emma gets a professional dancing job and gets into an argument with her mother again. Hillary wants her daughter to stay in school and says the “as long as you live in my house” line. Emma decides to move out and drop out of college. She moves in with her friend Katy, who lives in the same apartment building as… RICK! He invites them to go out with him for a boating trip. 

Rick goes to his dad’s house to try and get more money, but things don’t go as planned. His father cuts him off completely, and Rick bashes his dead in with a crystal whiskey bottle. The father’s girlfriend witnesses everything and calls the police. Rick now has to go on the run and takes a gun from a safe and cash from his dead father’s wallet. Rick changes his clothes to give us some shirtless hunk time before rushing off.

As he waits for an Uber, Rick sees Emma crying in her car. (Her dance rehearsals aren’t going well.) He asks her for a ride to the airport. They make awkward small talk. 

Graves and Ramirez are detectives on the case, like a low-budget Law and Order Episode. 

When they get to the airport, Rick refuses to get out of the car, blaming a panic attack. Emma is not concerned and tells him to get out of her car. He grabs her arm and pulls a knife on her. That is when she realizes she is in danger with a hot stranger. 

Rick and Emma drive around aimlessly while listening to the police radio. Rick tells Emma he has no other options and has to kidnap her to get to the border. He promises Emma that he won’t hurt her if she can help him. 

At a gas station, Rick opens up about his parents and their rocky relationship. Emma says she understands because his mother raised her alone after her father abandoned her, which is worse than a dad who isn’t there emotionally or physically. Emma uses the bonding time to slip some pain pills into his energy drink. 

Hilary tracks her daughter’s phone and runs into the detectives while asking Katy some questions. They follow the pin, and it leads them to the side of the highway heading to the border. (Not sure which one!) The detectives put out an ATB on Emma because she is a hostage on a ROAD TRIP!

Rick tastes the pills in his drink and punches Emma in the face. He tells her he will do it again if she doesn’t do what he says. They attempt to check into a motel, but the hotel manager is suspicious. She should be because once they get into the hotel room, Rick gags and ties Emma up in the bathroom. 

Detective Ramirez and Hilary drive down the highway the following day when a report comes in with a sighting of Emma’s car at the motel. Rick oversleeps and gives the police ample time to track him down. 

Rick complains about the motel not having continental breakfast, and the hotel manager mouths, ” Are You Okay?” to Emma, who nods no. The hotel manager calls 911 as Rick speeds away and literally runs her over. 

Realizing that they need to change cars, Rick goes to a local shopping center and highjacks a vehicle from a shopper with bangs. The duo then go to a thrift store to change clothes and put on wigs! (I feel like we missed an opportunity for a shopping montage here; we get more shirtless  Luke Charles Stafford !)

Detective Graves almost finds them at the thrift shop, but Rick and Emma sneak out the back. Emma’s mom and the other detective are onto them, and the police are blockading the roads. 

When Rick crashes the car, Emma makes a run for it, and he inexplicably chases after her. Emma calls 911 and tells them she was kidnapped and is on the side of the road. The police on the phone are useless. 

Emma pulls up a video of a crying woman and plays it on her phone to lure Rick into a trap. He picks up the phone, confused, and she smashes him in the face with a rock. 

Rick grabs his knife and Emma and holds her hostage as Hilary and Detective run up to them. Hilary tries to reason with Rick and empathizes with him. Rick lets Emma go, and the detective takes him into custody. 

Emma is a dancer, remember? She has a Black Swan Remix solo, and her mom watches proudly. (But what about college?!?!?!) The end!

Minority Report: Emma, Hillary, Club Security, Detectives Graves, and Ramirez

Luke Charles Stafford  is a hunk! 

Aren’t road trip movies supposed to be fun?! This draggggged. 

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Lifetime’s Road Trip Hostage: Is it Inspired by a True Story?

Lifetime’s ‘Road Trip Hostage’ is a thriller drama movie that follows a young student named Emma who maintains quite a fragile relationship with her mother, Hillary Moreno, due to her stubbornness when it comes to following her dreams. When the situation worsens one day, Emma storms out of the house angrily, but as it turns out, it becomes to be one of the worst decisions of her life. Alone and angry, she gets taken hostage by an armed and deranged criminal named Rick Frye, who forces her to drive him across the country at gunpoint.

The Kaila York directorial features impressive onscreen performances from a group of talented actors and actresses, including Veronica Ramirez, Lukas Stafford, Chala Savino, Gabriella Biziou, Nicole Andrews, and Circus-Szalewski. Whether it is the sour mother-daughter relationship or the hostage situation, both themes are not something unheard of in real life. So, it is bound to make one wonder whether or not ‘Road Trip Hostage’ is based on actual events. Well, if the same question has been bothering you, let’s explore the answer to the same, shall we?

Road Trip Hostage Inspired by Real Events

Yes, ‘Road Trip Hostage’ is said to have been inspired by actual events. However, credit where it’s due, the screenwriter John F. Hayes made the most of his creativity, exquisite penmanship, and experience in the industry (‘Deadly Cheers,’ ‘Vacation Home Nightmare,’ and ‘Sins in the Suburbs’), and managed to conjure up such a gripping yet true-to-life screenplay for the Lifetime thriller.

Even though it is said that the makers got inspired and influenced by some true events that occurred in real life, it has not been revealed if it was a specific incident or an amalgamation of various similar cases. But you should know that similar terrifying hostage situations, as portrayed in the thriller film, have taken place with more than a few people in reality. For instance, in January 2017, an Australian man named Marcus Allyn Keith Martin reportedly forced her 22-year-old backpacker girlfriend Elisha Greer to drive around 1,500 kilometers through the Queensland outback at gunpoint.

Reportedly, Marcus and Elisha had met at a party at Kuranda in Far North Queensland and supposedly formed a close connection instantly. During the trial, Crown Prosecutor Nathan Crane claimed that Martin had gone violent on Elisha after two weeks, beating and sexually assaulting her regularly for weeks. After five weeks of disappearance, Elisha was eventually rescued after a petrol station worker noticed her state and called the police.

This case does not only follow a similar storyline to ‘Road Trip Hostage’ but the characters of Emma and Rick supposedly share some similarities with Elisha and Marcus, respectively. Moreover, although the Lifetime film is based on real-life events, the makers possibly added certain elements and subjects to dramatize the story and keep it entertaining for the audience. So, in conclusion, it would be fair to say that ‘Road Trip Hostage’ is inspired by actual events and is rooted in reality.

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50 Best Road Trip Songs: From Beastie Boys to Bruce Springsteen and Beyond

Join SiriusXM as we take a look at 50 of the most iconic road trip songs to include in your playlist this summer!

Looking for the best road trip anthems to soundtrack your drive? There’s something special about cruising down the highway in the summer with your loved ones, windows down and volume up!

Whether you’re off on vacation or just taking a day trip, it’s hard not to smile when the sun’s shining and there’s nothing ahead but the open road. The only thing that could make it better is the perfect song playing at full blast. We’ve gathered the perfect summery tunes to accompany you on your travels. So, fasten your seatbelts and come along for the ride with SiriusXM as we look at 50 of the most iconic road trip songs!

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Sing-Along Anthems

A road trip usually means you’ve got time to kill on your way to your destination. Time flies when you’re having fun, and there’s no better way to get the good vibes going than by rolling down the windows and blasting out some sing-along anthems!

From Bruce Springsteen ’s lyrics about hitting the road to find success to Vanessa Carlton’s pop hit about going the distance for love, these iconic tracks are essential road trip listening. Whether you’re a natural performer or more of the humming type, you’ll be singing along in no time!

• “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” — Meat Loaf
• “A Thousand Miles” — Vanessa Carlton
• “Proud Mary” — Tina Turner
• “Psycho Killer” — Talking Heads
• “Born to Run” — Bruce Springsteen
• “Go Your Own Way” — Fleetwood Mac
• “American Pie” — Don McLean
• “Livin’ On a Prayer” — Bon Jovi

’80s Throwbacks

If you really love a blast from the past, these songs are for you. So many ’80s tracks are ideal for road trips, with nostalgic melodies and catchy beats which instantly transport you back in time. Get your neon leg-warmers out — it’s time for permed hair and iconic dance moves as you cruise down the open road (and take a trip down memory lane)!

• “Little Red Corvette” — Prince
• “I Drove All Night” — Cyndi Lauper
• “Walk This Way” — Aerosmith and Run DMC
• “Danger Zone” — Kenny Loggins
• “Runnin’ Down a Dream” — Tom Petty

’90s Bops

As you make your way through your journey, you might also want to make your way through music history. Jumping forward a decade, the ’90s is where you’ll find catchy rhythms and beautiful melodies that will make any journey enjoyable. From TLC to the Beastie Boys, here are some perfect songs to sing with your besties as you contemplate your lives on the open road.

• “Waterfalls” — TLC
• “All The Small Things” — Blink-182
• “No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn” — Beastie Boys
• “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” — Shania Twain
• “Everyday Is a Winding Road” — Sheryl Crow

2000s Bangers

Another decade on, the bops just won’t stop! From Corinne Bailey Rae’s smooth vocals to Miley Cyrus’ 2009 party pop, these early 2000s tracks are essential for a summer adventure. These catchy tunes will get even the grumpiest backseat drivers nodding along, so be sure to add them to your road trip playlist.

• “Long Road to Ruin” — Foo Fighters
• “California” — Phantom Planet
• “Chasing Pavements” — Adele
• “Put Your Records On” — Corinne Bailey Rae
• “Shut Up and Drive” — Rihanna
• “Party in the USA” — Miley Cyrus

Modern Pop Hits

A road trip doesn’t technically have to be by car. Maybe you’ve taken a page out of Lil Nas X’s book and you’re making your way on horseback. Either way, these modern pop hits are must-haves on your travels. Channel your inner Ed Sheeran as you drive down those country lanes!

• “Barbie World” — Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice (with Aqua)
• “Castle on the Hill” — Ed Sheeran
• “Levitating” — Dua Lipa
• “Vroom Vroom” — Charli XCX
• “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X

Classic Rock

When the going gets tough, it’s time to headbang your way down the highway. Driving long distances can get tiring, so when you need an energy boost, these are the tracks to turn up to eleven. All you need is your headband and your air guitar — get ready to kick back and let the beat drive you onwards to Paradise City!

• “Paradise City” — Guns N’ Roses
• “Highway Star” — Deep Purple
• “Here I Go Again” — Whitesnake
• “Highway to Hell” — AC/DC
• “Who Are You” — The Who

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This Edgar Wright film combines two great things: music and driving. It also happens to have a fantastic soundtrack! Many movies through the years have captured the spirit of driving in many different ways, such as Easy Rider  (1969), Little Miss Sunshine  (2006), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). These songs will have you enjoying your journey, but you’ll also be planning your next movie night!

• “Radar Love” — Golden Earring
• “Baby Driver” — Simon & Garfunkel
• “Chase Me” — Danger Mouse feat. Run the Jewels & Big Boi
• “Brighton Rock” — Queen

From Luke Combs ’ heartfelt cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1998 hit to Willie Nelson ‘s love letter to the journey ahead, country music is perfect for reflective moments on the road. These songs encapsulate the often bittersweet joy of travel, which resonates with the freedom and adventure of road trips. Have your tissues at the ready — some of these tracks are real tear-jerkers!

• “Highway Vagabond” — Miranda Lambert
• “Sweet Home Alabama” — Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Fast Car” — Luke Combs
• “On the Road Again” — Willie Nelson
• “Take It Easy” — Eagles
• “Life is a Highway” — Rascal Flatts
• “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver

While we certainly hope your road trip doesn’t feel like you’re going through the valley of the shadow of death, we do have a song for that. Whether it’s Coolio or Q-Tip providing the soundtrack to your road trip, there are plenty of hip-hop songs about driving to get you through even the longest of journeys. Check out these tracks to help you vibe while you drive.

• “Ridin’” — Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
• “A Boomin’ System” — LL Cool J
• “Gangsta’s Paradise” — Coolio
• “Let Me Ride” — Dr. Dre
• “Let’s Ride” — Q-Tip

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