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After a decadent night of clubbing in the Venezuelan city of Caracas, Carla (Mia Maestro) and her fiance, 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.

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EAN8717418092016

eBay Product ID (ePID)59551247

Product Key Features

ActorJean-Paul Leroux, Pedro Perez, George Madera, Carlos Madera, Mia Maestro

Film/TV TitleSecuestro Express

DirectorAlain Jakubowicz

LanguageSpanish

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Dutch\English\French\Hungarian\Polish\Slovenian\Spanish

Run Time84 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2006

FeaturesDeleted Scenes\The Film and the Facts\Making Of\Trailers\Music Video, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenrePsychological, Thriller

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureVenezuela

ReviewsSight And Sound - Jakubowicz and his cast sustain an impressive pitch of reckless, relentless energy....The threat of violence remains persuasively real, Total Film - The whole thing packs a tasty punch and add-but-fascinating PULP FICTION-style quirks

ScreenwriterAlain Jakubowicz

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleSecuestro Express