from its opening 'shot', Secuestro Express takes its captive audience at gunpoint on a heart-pounding tour of crime, corruption and class war in downtown Caracas.
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06/15/07
Secuestro Express (2005)
52 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 22 Rotten:20 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
Despite utilizing a visual whirlwind of cinematic tricks, this socio-political thriller falls short of fulfilling its heavier goals but provides a powerful peek into the class issues of modern Venezuela.
Rated: 18 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 87 mins
Theatrical Release: 09-06-2006
Synopsis: After a decadent night of clubbing in the Venezuelan city of Caracas, Carla (Mia Maestro) and her fiancé, Martin (Jean Paul Leroux), are kidnapped by a trio of violent toughs, one of the legion of Latin American gangs who kidnap wealthy people in order to demand a high ransom. As they wait for... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, George Madera, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Screenwriter: Alain Jakubowicz
Producer: Jonathan Jakubowicz, Saloman Jakubowicz, Sandra Condito
Composer: Angelo Milli
Screenwriter: Alain Jakubowicz
Producer: Jonathan Jakubowicz, Saloman Jakubowicz, Sandra Condito
Composer: Angelo Milli
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06/24/06
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06/24/06
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Impeccably directed, tightly-wound and extremely tense thriller with some neat twists and a healthy dose of social commentary thrown in for good measure.
06/08/06
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06/06/06
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From beginning to end, Secuestro Express proves an obnoxious mess determinedly employing the kidnapping conceit it laments to stimulate popcorn movie sentiments.
08/19/06
This film gives one vision of what anarchy is like, on a small scale, at least.
02/25/06
From a filmmaking angle, it's a movie to be studied, but from a writing angle, it could have been so much better.
02/05/06
As a kidnap thriller, Secuestro Express is a complete bore, but what's worse is that it occasionally seems to imagine it's making a point.
12/06/05
An unpleasant watch that showed how sleazy films can get in trying to imitate reality and Tarantino.
12/01/05
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10/30/05
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09/26/05
Top Critic
A well-intentioned copy but one that holds much promise for its first-time director.
09/15/05
Like swimming in sewage for an hour an a half--which may be the intention, but is still neither a terribly pleasurable or edifying experience.
09/13/05
There were times when this movie gave me chills to be a witness to such a horrible experience.
09/12/05
Top Critic
Secuestro Express is a wake-up call for wealthy clubgoers who party in the slums of Caracas. For anyone else, it's bad pulp that glorifies 'gangster' culture.
08/10/05
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