Are you a good negotiator?  Many people would likely rank their bargaining skills somewhere between "fair" and "excellent" if asked to make an honest assessment. After all, everyone has at least one harrowing tale of unequalled wheeling and dealing in their past. Maybe you channeled your inner Fonzie and, with a well-placed thump, got two sodas for the price of one out of a vending machine. Perhaps you were at a yard sale and found yourself the proud owner of both a Betamax AND a Nintendo Virtual Boy for mere pennies on the dollar. Then there was that time Subway was out of honey oat bread and you settled for wheat, but only after negotiating a 30 percent discount with the eloquence of a hungry Atticus Finch. Most of us would be reluctant to put our haggling skills to the test, however, when someone's life was at stake. Thankfully, it's not a situation in which you're likely to find yourself.

Unfortunately, not everyone is so lucky.

A Hijacking, the latest from Danish writer and director Tobias Lindholm, finds practically every member of the cast acting as a negotiator, in both minor disputes and one VERY major dispute, between the opening and closing credits. This theme of negotiating is so prevalent throughout the film that it opens, appropriately enough, in the middle of a negotiation.

Read Jared Lovrak's full review of A Hijacking in the Music and Culture section.

A HIJACKING, 2:15 and 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, The Grand Cinema, 606 S. Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, $4.50-$9, 253.593.4474

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