Kidnapped Reviews

Though "Kidnapped"s plot is not new, it is a well crafted Spanish thriller that delivers tension in a claustrophobic space with nasty, brutal and violent scenes that will make you turn your face a couple of time. I also enjoyed the ending.
Let yourself be kidnapped by this thriller!

I really wish I had had the option of watching this with subtitles, rather than dubbed. That was really distracting, because it was quite emotionless and didn't jive well with the disturbing content of the film. But the plot is good, although a bit too harsh at times. For the most part this is a well-made film, I would just have much rather read subtitles than listened to the English dub.

Rather than being gritty and suspenseful, it chooses to just make a gigantic mess both figuratively and literally. The big shifts in pacing, lame over-stylized cinematography, and over-acting all detract from the movie, and Vivas actually seems to be attempting to go for some deeper meaning here, which is laughable. The sheer extremity of the final 30 minutes is really the only point.

More interesting as a technical achievement than as a suspense/horror film, but still also not even really that effective on a technical side either since this type of thing, a movie put together from a limited amount of very long takes, has been done better before (Irreversible, Rope). I thought the daughter was good, but the whimpering got to be a bit much during the last twenty minutes or so. The opening of the film didn't tie in very well, too much guesswork has to be done to even imagine how it fits, also...nobody actually gets kidnapped as far as the standard definition of the word goes. I was surprised by how long and standard this hour and twenty minutes felt.

Silly but watchable home invasion horror flick from Spain that was remade into an English language comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman.

Though technically well made, Kidnapped ultimately fails when it starts teasing the audience, only to stab them for thinking it could have a happy ending. Also, the opening has nothing to do with the rest of the film. It is never referred back to!

After getting over the initial shock of taking in the final 10 minutes, I have the strength to write this review. Over the top realism within every realm of the film, shocking moments left and right, as a horror film lover I have never jumped as badly as i did within the few jump scares within the film. As much as i was hooked onto the screen, it was hard to watch the intense violence. This film is in
NO way for the faint of heart. Jaw dropping moments abound within this film, and you care so much for these people, their faults aside (trust me, at one point you'll hate one of the protagonists for being a total ditz, but hey, you can't avoid that, its a horror thriller). Easily one of the scariest films i have ever had the privilege of seeing, and it's definitely an experience worth enduring if you're a fan of the genre.

Kinda accidentally caught this on Netflix. It's horrible in every sense of the word. I could review the film making and make a strong case for why none of the actions and reactions make any sense or are in any way believable, but that's not the point. This is torture porn pure and simple. I'm hoping someday our world will move beyond finding joy in watching other people suffer horribly. You should be ashamed, Netflix. And knock it off.

This was such a good movie to watch. Hopelessness, brutality, and intensity. One of my favorites for sure. For any of the critics to pan this, although I agree that you have the right to not like this, you're foolishly out of touch. No wonder we have lackluster movies in the States and countless remakes. Pat on the back there, boys and girls, your sense of taste is underwhelming. This movie did not disappoint.

Secuestrados may not be original but it knows exactly how to fry your nerves and leave you in state of shock. Great cinematography. It will definitely terrify you.

definitely not an American movie. brutal, in fact. I liked it

The makers of Kidnapped are obviously able to pull off some nasty scenes, but it's so utterly vacuous at its core and concentrates so much on depicting violence that it forgets to make any kind of point.

The definition of "idiot plot".

Doesn't really get good until the last 30 minutes.

The Strangers, minus the suspense and add in some half-assed rape scenes. Not good.

As most of Kidnapped is devoted to watching people in extreme duress, leaving room for little else, it follows that the film exists solely to be "intense." Kidnapped is a middling film, although it does have some impressive elements.
"Rather than being gritty and suspenseful, it chooses to just make a gigantic mess. The over-acting really detracted me from the movie, and Vivas actually seems to be attempting to go for some deeper meaning here, which is laughable. The sheer extremity of the final 30 minutes is really the only point."

An accomplished film-making exercise which nevertheless leaves me unsatisfied because I never care about the people in the movie and, really, it's essential that we care about someone in a movie like this; whether the victims or the villains.

It kept me interested enough to like it although it's not an original idea. I loved the end though.

The film takes the well-worn home-invasion sub-genre and infuses it with a Rope-esque sensibility of using as few shots as possible to create a real-time, in-your-face environment that chokeholds the audience into the world of the film. I felt myself feeling intensely disturbed by this film several times, and the fact that the film is so fanatically cruel adds to the nihilism of the piece. Not for the faint of heart, and not for those sleeping alone tonight.

You know a movie is bad when you want the bad guys to win. This movie features probably the most annoying teenage daughter ever.