A Brittish thriller starring Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans, Men in Black 3).
The story? A contained thriller about two guys who kidnap a young woman and hold her hostage, but things become more complicated when one of the kidnappers knows the girls and plans to backstab his partner...or does he?
Was it good?
No.
This is one of those contained thrillers with plot twists that aren't really that interesting and then a lot of running around when everything starts to fall apart. The biggest problem is that I just didn't like any of the characters and didn't really care if they succeeded or failed. Unlike RESERVOIR DOGS or SHALLOW GRAVE, there was just nothing interesting going on. And while those movies rely on people in difficult circumstances becoming mean and nasty in scary ways, this movie is more about how all these guys are really pussies.
Here's a shocking idea -- if you are making a thriller, then make at least one character be an evil bastard willing to do nasty things. Otherwise your thriller will be as lame as this one.
*** AVOID ***
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