Kidnapped (2010) -
I've seen this film pop up quite a few times in this forum so I decided to watch it, why not right ? Welp, even though I don't feel like I wasted my time, I still didn't do anything worth a mention with it either.
'Kidnapped' is literally a carbon copy of other home invasion horror films, it goes through the same steps and the same formula anyone could expect from the genre, and even when the film-makers try to add a new spin presentation wise, it doesn't work, instead, it just looks distracting. Oh, and did I mention that the movie has a soundtrack ? Well it's annoying and unfitting...to be fair, I do think that there was one instance where it did compliment the happenings very well, but that was still short lived. A good thing about the film though is that it is shorter than the usual, therefore, we as an audience are exposed to a lesser extent of the usual expected idiocy.
Contrary to what you might think, I did really enjoy this for what it was, it may be so stupidly irritating at times, but it never reaches the point where it becomes insulting, the acting is actually above average from the most part (except for the daughter who made me contemplate stabbing my ears), and the action although predictable, is at least entertaining.
5/10
I've seen this film pop up quite a few times in this forum so I decided to watch it, why not right ? Welp, even though I don't feel like I wasted my time, I still didn't do anything worth a mention with it either.
'Kidnapped' is literally a carbon copy of other home invasion horror films, it goes through the same steps and the same formula anyone could expect from the genre, and even when the film-makers try to add a new spin presentation wise, it doesn't work, instead, it just looks distracting. Oh, and did I mention that the movie has a soundtrack ? Well it's annoying and unfitting...to be fair, I do think that there was one instance where it did compliment the happenings very well, but that was still short lived. A good thing about the film though is that it is shorter than the usual, therefore, we as an audience are exposed to a lesser extent of the usual expected idiocy.
Contrary to what you might think, I did really enjoy this for what it was, it may be so stupidly irritating at times, but it never reaches the point where it becomes insulting, the acting is actually above average from the most part (except for the daughter who made me contemplate stabbing my ears), and the action although predictable, is at least entertaining.
5/10
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"A film has to be a dialogue, not a monologue — a dialogue to provoke in the viewer his own thoughts, his own feelings. And if a film is a dialogue, then it’s a good film; if it’s not a dialogue, it’s a bad film."
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