'Kidnap' is about a single, divorced mother named Karla who struggles to take care of herself and her young son Frankie. One day, Karla decides to take Frankie out to an amusement park, where she takes a phone call for a few minutes and returns to notice her child being abducted.


-The movie had a very slow, poorly acted opening. Not to mention the horribly cheesy and terribly long montage of baby photographs of Frankie, that seems so out of place in a thriller movie. The kidnappers are an older white male and female couple who's acting is extremely hysterical. It was so bad, at points it made me cringe.

-Middle I could say the action got better, however, the action scenes were poorly edited and the acting continued to be horrible. I felt like I was watching 45 minutes of Halle Berry screaming over and over again and watching her drive with really intense music, though there was really no intense scene happening. There were also a bunch of really irrelevant scenes that were used in order to spice up the action but failed terribly.

-The ending was easily predicted and devastatingly nothing new. Mother calls the police (who say will arrive in 15 mins), she accomplishes to beat the kidnappers, she finds her child, and the police arrives to have their job finished. The police arrival is additionally the most over exaggerated scene I have EVER watched. They arrive late and a helicopter arrives with searching lights and like 4 different polices cars rushing in as if they'd been rushing the whole time, when in real life, they probably took like 30-40 minutes to arrive when they said it would be 7-15.


A variety of questions were unanswered, the plot was never explained. I have no idea why these people kidnapped children, what their intentions were, and who the fuck that neighbour, in the end, was in relationship to the kidnappers.

Would I say that I wasted my time watching this film? No. It certainly was bad, however, it wouldn't hurt to watch it once if you have the time. Would I ever watch it again? No.

Poorly crafted and pretty predictable, I do wonder how Halle Berry got to making movies like _Kidnap_. It's not awful, but it's obviously low-budget, and there's nothing to it that I can really see as being appealing beyond the paycheque.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

**It's now or never! A mother's fight back!**

Truly shocking for people blindly following the words of critics. This is really a good film. I totally enjoyed it. Well, it was not like I never saw such film. In a century of motion picture history, hundreds of similar films were made. This is just another one, but there's nothing wrong with it. People wrongly judged it. The pace of the film was rocket speed. So basically, there's no time for one to keep looking for flaws. If they do, then they're not enjoying the show. They missed out everything, hence end up bashing it. Just like the clowns, aka film critics.

It was another kidnap film that Halle Barry in it, that's similar to her previous film 'The Call'. It did not take long to get into the action. A hardworking mother, going through divorce, fighting for her son's custody. While engaging in a phone call, she loses her son in an amusement park. The alert mother quickly jumps into pursuing when he was seen forcefully taken in a stranger's car. The remaining events take place on the road, with car chases, with a twist before the conclusion.

Nicely written screenplay and well performed actors, particularly Halle Berry. I have never seen she had played such an energetic role in the recent time. Whatever the storyline is, it's kind of an inspiring film. How a mother fought for her son. Totally a mother instinct. You can't simply expect like the film 'Taken'. It might not be realistic, but cinematically honest. The same thing happens in the animal world too. Sad that the film released after so many delays. Moreover, how people responded to it. Believe me, it is a nice film and I definitely suggest it to all.

_8/10_