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Cast
- Halle BerryKarla McCoy
- Sage CorreaFrankie
- Chris McGinnMargo
- Lew TempleTerry
- Jason GeorgeDavid
- Christopher BerryThe Bearded Man
- Arron ShiverBill
- Kurtis BedfordDel
- Dana GourrierDeputy Sheriff
- Carmella RileyStephanie
Recommendations
- 70
TheWrap
Between Berry’s committed performance and the film’s brisk cocktail of dread and adrenaline, Kidnap makes for a rousing, if ridiculous, ride. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Spanish filmmaker Luis Prieto, who directed the 2012 remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher, adroitly leverages Berry’s familiar face and onscreen persona to consistently escalate tension, as DP Flavio Labiano and editor Avi Youabian construct their shots and action sequences to enable her to totally own the screen. - 70
Screen Daily
To be sure, Kidnap is unadulterated B-movie nonsense, but when it’s delivered with this level of trashy gusto, the pleasures are plentiful. - 70
Variety
The implication is that Berry’s character, Karla Dyson, isn’t like other parents, and yet, what makes Kidnap so compelling is that she behaves exactly the way you think you might under the same circumstances. - 60
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The bottom line is that, while Kidnap isn't without its hiccups, it's another fun bit of Berry badassery -- and certainly better than the film's rocky history to this point might suggest. - 50
Movie Nation
It’s a dopey but pulse-pounding B-movie. - 50
Slant Magazine
Ultimately, Kidnap is an efficient vehicle for the delivery of some lean action that's frequently weakened by a scarcely whip-smart script. - 38
Boston Globe
Maybe if the filmmakers suggested that these villains were once children with mothers themselves, it might have made their crime, and the chase that ensues, less one-dimensional.
