Stolen (2012)

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director:

Simon West

Writer:

David Guggenheim

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage	...	Will Montgomery
Josh Lucas	...	Vincent
Danny Huston	...	Tim Harlend
Malin Akerman	...	Riley Jeffers
Sami Gayle	...	Alison Loeb
Edrick Browne	...	Jacobs
Mark Valley	...	Fletcher
Barry Shabaka Henley	...	Reginald
M.C. Gainey	...	Hoyt
J.D. Evermore	...	Rookie
Garrett Hines	...	Aaron
Kevin Foster	...	Motorcycle Cop
Tanc Sade	...	Pete
Dan Braverman	...	Lefleur
Jon Eyez	...	Bertrand

Storyline

In New Orleans, the notorious bank thief and family man Will Montgomery steals $10m with his partners Vincent, Riley Jeffers and Hoyt. However, he has an argument with Vincent in the runaway and Hoyt leaves Will behind. He tries to flee but the FBI agent Tim Harlend organizes a manhunt and Will is captured, but he burns the stolen money to get rid of the evidences against him. Eight years later, Will leaves the prison and he goes to the house of his teenage daughter Alison Loeb, who has issues against him. Alison leaves Will alone in a coffee shop and takes a cab to go to a session with her shrink. However, a couple of minutes later, Will receives a phone call from Vincent, who is presumed dead, telling that he has abducted Alison and will kill her unless he receives the $10m of the last robbery. Now Will has twelve hours to find a way to rescue his daughter from the hands of the psychopath Vincent.

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Plot Keywords:

thief | presumed dead | rescue | money | bank | 

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Taglines:

12 Hours. $10 Million. 1 Kidnapped Daughter.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Swedish

Release Date:

6 September 2012 (United Arab Emirates)

Also Known As:

Kidnappée

Filming Locations:

Six Flags New Orleans: Abandoned Amusement Park, Michoud Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$183,125 (USA) (14 September 2012)

Gross:

$183,125 (USA) (14 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, Saturn Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Clive Owen and Jason Statham were previously attached for the lead role.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 14 mins) When Will and Riley are in the sewer trying to flee, you can see Cage stop and wait for his cue, you can see a portion of his body behind the wall as Akerman turns the corner. He isn't moving and then all of a sudden starts to. Obviously he was waiting for his cue from the director, but wasn't totally out of the shot like he should have been.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Drunk Businessman: [drunk and singing] Cigarettes, no sleep, no lights, no sound... Nothing to eat, no one to drink... Sometimes... all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you.

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Connections

Featured in Great MoVie Mistakes (2013)

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Soundtracks

Keep on Chooglin
Written by John Fogerty (as John C. Fogerty)
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

Cage and West re-team for Stolen

Nicolas Cage is one of those A-list classified actors that somehow manage to churn movies out left and right no matter the quality or subject matter. His over the top persona is most likely the biggest reason delivering some memorable characters whether you like him or not. The trailer for his latest Stolen comes off more like a rehash of Taken, but with Cage's added unique character delivery and Expendables 2 director Simon West in the mix could it give something a bit more or will it be another in a long line of low end releases to Cage's career?

Stolen follows a former thief frantically searching for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi, while trying to avoid FBI agents convinced he is lying and looking to find the money he stole 8 years prior. While the story seems like Taken it really isn't. Yeah there are similarities, but really no more than there is in tons of other action thrillers in this genre. The story here is more straight-forward and on a smaller scale, but still works fairly well. Cage delivers a bit more of a relaxed performance, but still manages to execute some of his over the top performance in there from time to time. Luckily it's usually when it is needed so doesn't distract too much from the overall film. The supporting cast is pretty good featuring Malin Ackerman, Mark Valley, Danny Huston, and Josh Lucas who seemed to take over with the over the top delivery here. While a bit silly at times, Lucas character still works decently. What really make this film work at all are the decent action and the clever robbery scenarios. It has become pretty rare to deliver something all that interesting in film bank jobs, but here they did some pretty creative stuff.

This is a pretty average action thriller, but works well enough to have some fun. Most likely this only got theatrical release thanks to West's success on Expendables 2 and Cage's name, because on some levels it really feels more like a straight to video release. Either way, fans of Cage will have a good time and most likely everyone else will have mixed opinions.

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