Kidnap (2017)

A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.

Director:

Luis Prieto

Writer:

Knate Lee

Stars:

Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Chris McGinn

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Halle Berry	...	Karla Dyson
Sage Correa	...	Frankie
Chris McGinn	...	Margo
Lew Temple	...	Terry
Jason George	...	David (as Jason Winston George)
Christopher Berry	...	Bearded Man
Arron Shiver	...	Bill (as Aaron Shiver)
Kurtis Bedford	...	Del
Carmella Riley	...	Stephanie
Brice Fisher	...	Tyler
Jennie Ventriss	...	Grandma
Timothy Fannon	...	Dad
Andy Wagner	...	Dean
Malea Rose	...	Claire
Jill E. Alexander	...	Nancy (as Jill Alexander)

Storyline

In the US, a child goes missing every 40 seconds. You never think it will happen to you. Until it does. Alone and scared, Karla Dyson (Halle Berry) is unwilling to leave the fate of her son's life in someone else's hands. When she catches a glimpse of the abductors speeding away, she decides to fight back. In a heart pounding race against time, Karla begins a high speed pursuit and will stop at nothing to save her son's life.

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Plot Keywords:

hit and run | high speed car chase | female protagonist | one word title | kidnapping | 

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Taglines:

They messed with the wrong mother.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and peril

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desaparecido

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,016,323, 6 August 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,718,107

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$34,836,080

Company Credits

Production Co:

Di Bonaventura Pictures, Gold Star Films, 606 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 82 min (Blu-ray)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Universal cut the film for its home video release from 95 minutes to 82 minutes

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Goofs

The Louisiana license plate from the stolen black Volvo V70 driven by the kidnapper switches from U9K463 to 9143T4.

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Quotes

Karla Dyson: Marco...
Frankie Dyson: Polo.
Karla Dyson: Marco...
Frankie Dyson: [running off] Polo...
Karla Dyson: Marco... Marco... Frankie=
Karla Dyson: [Karla notices Frankie's toy on a park bench] Frank! Are you hiding, Frankie?

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Crazy Credits

Photos of Halle Berry and Sage Correa at the park are shown during the first half of the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

The Blu-ray and DVD release is 14 minutes shorter than the theatrical and VOD release.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Interstate 60 (2017)

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Soundtracks

Come, Jambaboo With Me!
Written by Federico Jusid
Performed by Adrian Foulkes, Alex Foulkes, Santiago Ibarretxe (as Santi Ibarretxe), Santiago Rapallo & David Herrington
Published by Metronome MP

User Reviews

A Mess of a Thriller

This is a pretty bad film that can be enjoyed at times. It's incredibly one note, with almost the whole movie being Halle Berry chasing after white trash kidnappers in her mini-van. Having a mom chase after people that kidnapped her kid is an interesting idea, but I just needed more from the movie. It was also very sloppily filmed and edited, even when the car chases or fight scenes were starting to be enjoyable. Kidnap is not a good film, but at the same time it's not bad enough to be enjoyable in that way. Perhaps it's a side effect of being in limbo for so long when the studio that made it collapsed, but it feels like the movie could have been better.

I definitely wouldn't recommend it, but if you see it randomly some time on TV in the future, you could have a little bit of fun with it. If you want to see my full video review you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQlLhnzpM0