Kidnapped

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Kidnapped

2010

1h 25m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Three crooks take a family hostage to rob them but the family fights back.

Critics Consensus

Technically impressive yet narratively repellent, the unremittingly grim and violent Kidnapped will prove difficult for many viewers to take.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

Thoroughly unsettling.

Mar 18, 2012

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William Goss

Film.com

Survival horror has rarely been approached so sparingly and yet, for all there is to admire... the initial sense of potential suspense gives way to the creeping contempt of familiarity.

Jun 19, 2011

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Starting as a coldly realistic thriller, this film eventually loses its bearings as the director Miguel ngel Vivas succumbs to a fit of nihilism, transforming "Kidnapped" into gruesome tit-for-tat torture porn.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 16, 2011

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

The ethical / aesthetic balance simply does not exist in 'Kidnapped', a film for stomachs that are easy to impress -better not to mention the violent prologue- and undemanding. [Full Review in Spanish]

Apr 23, 2020

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

The best Spanish horror film of that decade. [Full Review in Spanish]

Apr 16, 2020

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg

That Shelf

Vivas has created a tense, nail-biting thriller that rarely lets its audience down.

May 15, 2018

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Mark W

A brutal look at a nightmare scenario. While this movie moves away from jump scare horror, it's delivery on human suffering is uncomfortable to watch yet impossible to switch off. An impressive movie that could sit nicely towards the top (maybe tier two) of the most disturbing movies iceberg.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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John R

Not cliche or consoling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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john b

Brutal and violent with a straight forward plot. Definitely not for the faint of heart. The ending will leave you shocked.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Liam D

A very tense and suspenseful Thriller with fantastic direction

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/11/21

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Audience Member

I appreciate horrors and thrillers, bleak ones at that. I don't need horror met with a happy ending because we all know that's not realistic, but fuck me this was horrible. I skipped huge chunks because I had a feeling it's not upto much and the reviews here after swallowing the whole lot seem to back that up. If you want to watch a family screaming in terror for a while, and everyone meeting their death, this is the one. I just found myself asking, what was the point in that???? Murder is senseless...is that it? The actresses playing mother and daughter must have needed to sleep for a week after this. Christ.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Intense and tetrical, can´t get up of your seat and with an interesting final.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Miguel Ángel Vivas

Director

Dritan Biba

Actor

Fernando Cayo

Jaime

Manuela Vellés

Isa

Ana Wagener

Marta

Guillermo Barrientos

Actor

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Synopsis

Three crooks take a family hostage to rob them but the family fights back.

Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas
Producer: Vérane Frédiani, Emma Lustres Gómez, Borja Pena, Franck Ribière
Screenwriter: Javier García, Miguel Ángel Vivas
Production Co: Vaca Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m

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