Kidnapped

Original title: Secuestrados

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

8.6K

YOUR RATING

Jaime, Marta and their daughter Isabel, a well-off family, move to a luxurious new house. The parents are going through rough patch but have decided to give their relationship one last chance. On the first evening in their new home, a group of three hooded men burst into the house. Their objective: To get as much money as possible from them in one night.

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Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.

Director
- Miguel Ángel Vivas
Writers
- Javier García Arredondo
- Miguel Ángel Vivas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

8.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Miguel Ángel Vivas
Writers
- Javier García Arredondo
- Miguel Ángel Vivas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
The movie is composed by 12 long shots, without cuts in them.

Goofs
After the ATM scene, when Jaime is going to the car, camera and micro can be seen on the floor and in Jaime's shirt.

Connections
Featured in Visionado obligado: Secuestrados (2011)

Soundtracks
Isabella
Written by Guillermo Farré
Performed by Wild Honey

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Review

Featured review

6/10

admirable effort

excerpt - How many times can a familiar plot be rehashed and remade before audiences tire of it? Formulaic retreads of stories we've seen a thousand times before clutter the cinema listings, and lack of originality is something we lament. With that in mind, Manuel Angel Vivas has charged himself with the task of breathing new life into the age-old idea of a family being held hostage in their own home. But does his conceptual staging and technical expertise make for a compelling picture or a triumph of style over substance?

Kidnapped is an easy film to admire, but a difficult one to like. All the gimmicks and trickery in the world can't disguise the fact that once the technical wizardry has been stripped away it is a pretty standard thriller. As an experience, it is unforgettable. Sadly, that experience as akin to being relentlessly bludgeoned. Hopefully, Vivas will return next time with a story which matches his undoubted skill.