Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Ortiz
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
mmoonwalker7
"Take your last breath!" (this film's tagline) is right! Secuestrados is a film guaranteed to leave with you the suffocating taste of the bitter ash of defeat.Things start out normal in Madrid as a family, (Jaime, Marta, and their daughter Isa), begin the moving process into a new, perfect home. There are telemarketers calling, problems with the gas company, "this goes here, that goes there" dialogue. All this, plus some mother-daughter arguing is served atop the mundane white noise of the shuffling moving crew, charged with the task of bringing the old into the new.Much in the style of the movers, Miguel Angel Vivas manages to update a classic scenario of home invasion without pandering. From the first startling moment of disruption to the last gnarled turn of fate, we see a stark realness and urgency that offers up not only what is baser and visceral for the characters, but also a glimpse at how they think, and ultimately, how they are disappointed.
Valerie
This movie was quite depressing and the family doesn't fight back....The family does everything they say even what they do to the daughter is just disgusting. I think this movie was just horrible. The family gets abused left and right and don't fight back The movie doesn't express the reason they family so called "fights back" is because after the abuse they took they were all going to die anyway so they do what they had to in the end because they lost their minds after the abuse and rape they took. They had the entire movie to fight back yet nothing happened for the whole movie but screaming and yelling and crying and getting abused. The last 15 mins of the movie the family gets tired of being abused and lose their mind because they had too. I felt the only thing relatable in this movie was feeling so horribly sad for the family because we would never want to go through what these people are going through. What a terrible movie, this is only my opinion, but I just couldn't watch this movie ever again. I felt like this whole movie was horrible unless you like these movies of watching families get brutalized and tortured and robbed and raped than please be my guest. Nothing in this whole movie showed fighting back these people in this movie if this was real would all be dead.
SpannersGerm669
On what should have been a night of happiness and celebration for a Spanish family who have just moved into a luxurious house, turns quickly into a living nightmare, as three Albanian men break in and take them hostage. Demanding all their riches, the night spirals out of control when the criminals are not satisfied with what they get. When it comes to modern extremity, the first country that comes to mind is France. But now there is a new kid on the block, Spain. Delivering a film that is incredibly bleak and brutality thrives in a world where there is nothing but depressive outlooks. With dull colouring and a memorable opening, we barely get time to buckle in before the depravity starts. I've never heard of this director, but I have no doubts that I will hear from him in the future, if this film is anything to go by. Nothing is ever overdone in the film. The bleak cinematography, to the subtle soundtrack is present, but never takes over. The violence is extremely brutal and upsetting but, at no point, glorifying. The realism levels are through the roof and with incredibly authentic performances from the actors, especially the young female, the viewer is in for something thats not enjoyable or cool. It will keep you glued to your screen with suspense and graphic violence, but by the end of it, you will be glad its over. Not for the fact that its bad, but because there is only so much one person can take. At eighty one minutes, the pacing is superb and doesn't waste any time getting to the point. The family have very limited depth, but because of their horrific ordeal, we feel genuine terror, as this is something that no one deserves to experience. The villains are portrayed as real people also, with one of them being regretful, while the other two are total psychos. What I can also say was impressive, was the experiment the director used with a split screen. Seeing two events, at different locations, was an odd experience and initially I thought it would be distracting, but I thought it ended up working very well. With an unbelievable ending, that suits the mood the film was going for, Kidnapped is an absolute gem! If you can stomach extreme cinema, this one is compulsory!
Claudio Carvalho
Jaime (Fernando Cayo), his wife Marta (Ana Wagener) and their teenage daughter Isa (Manuela Vellés) move to a dream house in Madrid and they plan a family dinner to celebrate. Out of the blue, three violent hooded thieves break in their house and hold the Marta and Isa hostage while their leader goes to the bank with Jaime to withdraw money from the family bank accounts in a tragic night of terror."Secuestrados" is a brutal and bleak film that combines the storyline of the 1955 "The Desperate Hours" with the disturbing violence of the 1997 "Funny Games". This film is recommended only to very specific audiences, defense lawyers and judges, since sensitive persons or someone who has experienced similar home invasion will certainly feel very bad with the graphic violence of "Secuestrados". Unfortunately we see many similar cases in the news on television every day. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Horas de Medo" ("Freightening Hours")
