Kidnap

You’ll spend the first half of this B-movie yelling at her character and the second half cheering her on.

2814d ago

Kidnap is a solid and economical piece of filmmaking. It just goes to show: A big budget isn’t necessary to make a big impression.

2814d ago

Kidnap is trashy, incompetent, insulting—and almost fun.

2814d ago

The greatest strength of Kidnap is that it casts the maternal instinct as a primordial will to enact violence.

2814d ago

With “Kidnap,” which was filmed in 2014 and then delayed while one distribution deal collapsed and another took its place, Berry acts as producer as well as star, and the script is meant as an action makeover (though Berry’s done her share of action movies).

2814d ago

Kidnap is an efficient vehicle for the delivery of some lean action that’s weakened by a scarcely whip-smart script.

2814d ago

The plot of Kidnap is bizarre and frustrating (the kidnappers’ car has no license plate, police are totally useless, there’s no phone reception, etc.) but it’s fun to cheer Karla on every time she’s told to wait or calm down, and she’s like, “Nah, screw that,” and soldiers on.

2814d ago

Kidnap isn’t schlock, it’s garbage.

2814d ago