Hostage 1986 The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonels daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages