…an example of the predicament story, thriller sthat involves a single hard-drivin’ situation; Kidnap is a neat little B movie that fits into that highway horror genre alongside Duel, Night of the Jugger, Breakdown, Speed, The Getaway, Unhinged and more…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2025

This premise is pure exploitation - or rather, it aspires to pure exploitation. Pure exploitation would be welcome in place of Kidnap, which is too vastly stupid to even exploit properly.

| Original Score: D | Feb 5, 2021

While the initial setup isn't bad, the film doesn't really know where to go from there.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 5, 2020

Kidnap is the kind of flick destined for the bargain bin.

| Original Score: C | Jul 18, 2020

Nothing in this movie is shocking.

| May 13, 2020

It wasn't even Lifetime quality. This was a USA original film.

| May 13, 2020

[A] fear-mongering piece of filmmaking that is obvious, trite, and a little gross, just for kicks.

| May 12, 2020

There's nothing unique about Kidnap - not even the title. Kidnap is Taken, except with a divorced mother instead of a retired CIA operative.

| Apr 15, 2020

As an antidote to all continual and endless tentpole formulas of superhero films and other franchise properties which have taken over the studio output of present, Kidnap is a zesty, refreshing guilty pleasure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2019

Berry gives it her all, screaming and wailing and swerving her way through the movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 20, 2018

This movie would have been better suited for Lifetime.

| Nov 12, 2018

...the novelty of the movie's Speed-but-with-an-abduction feel generally (and ultimately) compensating for its proliferation of less-than-accomplished elements.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2018

It's a lot of fun.

| Jun 13, 2018

It feels like an honor to have experienced firsthand the worst movie of the year, and perhaps the decade. I'm not exaggerating, either.

| May 18, 2018

It's one of those movies that make me go, "why did I watch this?"

| Jan 25, 2018

Unfortunately, the creative team behind Kidnap appear more interested in staging traffic pile-ups than giving their Oscar-winning lead something substantial to chase after.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 9, 2018

Was Kidnap the fastest most furious movie of the year? Well, we did have Baby Driver. But Kidnap was probably the fastest most furious movie of 2014 when it was made.

| Nov 30, 2017

It's hard to understand why the exact translation of the original title was not respected. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Nov 27, 2017

An effective film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 27, 2017

[Halle Berry] can be threatening when she decides to step on the accelerator. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 27, 2017