the kidinappers should have gotten away...
oh I guess that's a spoiler. I know some people go crazy over that *beep* but come on, it should be obvios how this is gonna end. Really how many movies do the bad guys win. But the point is I really wanted the bad guys to win here. We all wanted that, the movie would have been much better recived if that had been the case. And I'm not saying that should be the norm. In Ransom I did want to see Mel get his kids back from Gary Sinise (man he was evil in that)
In Hostage you wanted to see Bruce Willis get his family back (even though his daughter was ugly, but I guess ugly people have value to)
And in Taken you want to see Liam Niessen get his daughter, um...untaken.
But here I really did want the bad guys to win. Kevin Bacon was just so entertaining, he stole the show. No on does character that makes your skin crawl better than The Bacon: Trapped, Sleeprs, Murder in the First, Super (which was awful but he was good in it) The River Wild, White Water Summer etc.
And Courtney Love really can be a terrific actress. She was great in this.
Charlize, I do like normally but she was kind of flat here. And Staurt Townsend....ugh. That stupid accent. Was the worse thing ever. This movie would have been much better if the kidnappers had just gotten the ransom and drove off into the sunset for more adventures.
And I would have liked if they had blown Dakota Fanning away.
and don't get me wrong, I think she can be good: Hide and Seek, The Runaways (she did a lap dance that) but sometimes filmmakers go over board in trying to make her look adorable (I am Sam). she was just so cutsey it made me sick. Whose with me.
i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now