Secuestro Express R

Secuestro Express
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 27 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 3, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2005
  • Label: Miramax Lionsgate

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Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten52%

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Total Count: 42

Upright75%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 12,604
Rating: 4/5 -- 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. Full Review
Film4
Jun 15, 2007
Rating: 2/4 -- Jakubowicz will undoubtedly become a filmmaker to follow, as soon as he understands what he wants to say -- not just how loud he wants to say it. Full Review
Chicago Tribune
Aug 5, 2005
Rating: B -- This film gives one vision of what anarchy is like, on a small scale, at least. Full Review
Laramie Movie Scope
Feb 25, 2006
Rating: 1/4 -- Secuestro Express seems less interested in dramatizing the crushing inequities of that nation than in serving up hefty doses of sadism and titillation. Full Review
San Francisco Chronicle
Aug 5, 2005
Rating: 3/4 -- Jakubowicz pleases the eyes with closeups, sped-up scenes, hand-held camerawork and other stylized tricks.
New York Post
Aug 5, 2005
4 stars out of 5 -- The whole thing packs a tasty punch and add-but-fascinating PULP FICTION-style quirks.
Total Film
Jul 1, 2006
From beginning to end, Secuestro Express proves an obnoxious mess determinedly employing the kidnapping conceit it laments to stimulate popcorn movie sentiments. Full Review
Urban Cinefile
Aug 20, 2006

Product Description:

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 Carla's doctor father (Ruben Blades) to produce the money, the thugs drive their victims across a nightmarish, nocturnal landscape of filthy landscapes and untrustworthy characters, beating them and threatening them with more extreme violence--especially when it appears that they just might get a reprieve.

A brutal, digital-video adrenaline rush, SECUESTRO EXPRESS is like PULP FICTION and TRAINSPOTTING colliding with Mario Bava's punishing 1974 film, RABID DOGS. First-time director Jonathan Jakubowicz, just 26 years old, has created a thriller ripe with showy technique, which does nothing to diminish the raw power of the proceedings. Along the way, Jakubowicz's message--that a few folks in Caracas have money while most of the city's citizens starve--is driven home by the effective performances of hip-hop stars Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Berez, and Carlos Madera as the kidnappers. Unfortunately for the city's economy, after seeing this film, few wealthy foreigners are likely to be inspired to buy a ticket to Caracas.

Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

Secuestro Express
From the producer of SIN CITY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO! Sexy Mía Maestro (TV's ALIAS, FRIDA) stars in this gripping crime thriller where every second is life and death! In Caracas, the most dangerous city on earth, kidnapping is a profitable and thriving business where gangs target upper-class citizens whose families are able to pay ransoms quickly and quietly. But when Carla (Maestro) and her fiancé are snatched by three brutal thugs, nothing goes as planned in a deadly game where the players must make every move as if it's their last! Acclaimed by critics for its intense action and gritty realism, don't miss this riveting underworld adventure

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  • UPC: 031398138976
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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