They messed with the wrong mother.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Chris McGinn, Lew Temple, Jason George |
| Director |
Luis Prieto |
| Screenplay | Knate Lee |
| Music | Federico Jusid |
| Cinematography | Flavio Martinez Labiano |
| Editing | Avi Youabian |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2017 |
| Produced by | Di Bonaventura Pictures, Gold Star Films, 606 Films, Ingenious Media, Lotus Entertainment, Rumble Entertainment, Well Go USA Entertainment |
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Language | Mild, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate impact, frequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for violence and peril |
| Runtime | 95 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 15 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Justin Lowe  Fast pace, clever script and twists keep momentum. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Gabi Zietsman Halle Berry has fallen far from her big-hit movies pre-2010, and Kidnap is just another long list of mediocre films to add to the list. | 2 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy | 7 | |
| Metacritic.com 26 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 75 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Kidnap strays into poorly scripted exploitation too often to take advantage of its pulpy premise -- or the still-impressive talents of its committed star. | 7 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 9 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Children in peril in tense, gripping Halle Berry thriller. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 39 users | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 13390 users | 11 |  |
| IMDB 18246 Netizens Awesome Thrill Ride! | 12 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
Average .. 45% | 9 | |