YamiTenshi
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Kidnap - 8/10
A Hong Kong suspense movie staring the lovely Karena Lam and Rain Li. Finally someone decided to do a smart crime film with women in the lead! Lam and Li are amazing in their roles, both provide very powerful and subtle performances, though I do question whoever did Lam's hair.
Basically the plot is that one woman kidnaps a child and the other woman (cop) tries to get the kid back. A few twist and turns and nothing goes as planed and then we have the inevitable final showdown.
Though I loved the movie there are a few things that could have been done better, First, there needed to be more character development. Lam and Li actually know each other before the crime in question takes place, though we never see them together. Also, Lam is supposed to be so in love with her husband, and yet we never really feel that, we just get scenes in which Lam tells us she loves him. Perhaps the most developed character, and therefore the most sympathetic, is Eddie Cheung because he's the one that connects everyone together like a good big brother.
Second, a few plot holes or things that just don't makes sense. But that happens in a lot of movies, and Kidnap moved fast enough so that you'd hardly notice until the end.
Third, the ending! What? This is how the final showdown between Lam and Li ends?
Fourth, I really thought Kidnap had potential to be just as good as Infernal Affairs. It had a good plot, a fantastic cast, and yet while it seemed to have all the action and plot twist there it really lacked the emotions. At least in Infernal Affairs you have Andy Lau and Tony Leung meeting in the audio store at first, it kind of sets up the image that these two mortal enemies aren't that different. In Kidnap, it seems the only scene Lam and Li are together is the final showdown. Where's there relationship before that? Especially since Li supposedly played a very big part of Lam's life (don't want to give away too many spoilers).
A Hong Kong suspense movie staring the lovely Karena Lam and Rain Li. Finally someone decided to do a smart crime film with women in the lead! Lam and Li are amazing in their roles, both provide very powerful and subtle performances, though I do question whoever did Lam's hair.
Though I loved the movie there are a few things that could have been done better, First, there needed to be more character development. Lam and Li actually know each other before the crime in question takes place, though we never see them together. Also, Lam is supposed to be so in love with her husband, and yet we never really feel that, we just get scenes in which Lam tells us she loves him. Perhaps the most developed character, and therefore the most sympathetic, is Eddie Cheung because he's the one that connects everyone together like a good big brother.
Second, a few plot holes or things that just don't makes sense. But that happens in a lot of movies, and Kidnap moved fast enough so that you'd hardly notice until the end.
Third, the ending! What? This is how the final showdown between Lam and Li ends?
Fourth, I really thought Kidnap had potential to be just as good as Infernal Affairs. It had a good plot, a fantastic cast, and yet while it seemed to have all the action and plot twist there it really lacked the emotions. At least in Infernal Affairs you have Andy Lau and Tony Leung meeting in the audio store at first, it kind of sets up the image that these two mortal enemies aren't that different. In Kidnap, it seems the only scene Lam and Li are together is the final showdown. Where's there relationship before that? Especially since Li supposedly played a very big part of Lam's life (don't want to give away too many spoilers).
