Secuestro express
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48 out of 100

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  • Starring: Jean Paul Leroux, Mía Maestro, Rubén Blades
  • Summary: Secuestro Express -- the business of quick kidnapping perpetrated by two or three organized thugs who chose their victims among the upper-class in Latin America. This film tells the frightening story of one young couple's ordeal as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela in the hands of three thugs who've made them their latest payday. (Miramax Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sura Wood
    80
    Jakubowicz's direction is assured except in the film's final moments, when he makes a clumsy attempt at sociopolitical philosophy that is delivered by an omniscient narrator. It's an indulgence that threatens to undercut the ferocity that precedes it.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    60
    Jakubowicz has aptly said of his film that "the beauty of Secuestro Express is how localized it is. The more local it becomes, the more universal it becomes." The truth of his remark resonates throughout this fast and furious film.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Anna Smith
    60
    Illuminating as to the reality of being a victim of crime in a dangerous society but not exactly absorbing entertainment.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    25
    Has more in common with a horror movie than with a genuine political work.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. GiselaM.
    10
    I'm Venezuelan and when I saw the movie it made me remember a personal episode that I lived in my country a couple years ago. Because I know that things like that are happening in Venezuela is good to tell the world the truth about it. With young people like Jakubowicz working hard in improving Venezuelan movies and trying to reach a high quality, the only thing that I can say sincerely is : congratulations for your effort .… Expand
  2. maibar.
    10
    Aunque tienes algunos detallitos, de las pelìculas venezolanas que he visto es la mas real hasta en el vocabulario usado por los actores.
  3. PedroP
    8
    Im Venezuelan, i live in Valencia, wich is two hours from Caracas. Saddly, most of the stuff in the movie could happen. I guess you should be a very unlucky person to live them all in the same day. But its cool. Why hide the most rotten part of the reality? lets put it all in one flick and lets not pretend there are people like that, and that we get in our cars and houses quickly because of those fears, stuff we hear on the news everyday. Awesome movie, still, Venezuelan cinema could be a lot better.… Expand
  4. KarlinH.
    7
    I can't say that it was the best movie that I've ever saw, but neither that it was the worst. Being from Venezuela and living outside, it made me realized that hey!, no body is safe anywhere. Artistically, it was ok, there's still room for improvement. As a social issue, its a sad reality that the whole world is living, so embrace for what is to come...… Expand

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