TL;DR – It starts really strong with moments of real tension, but it is let down by a muddled ending.
Score – 3 out of 5 stars
Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene
Review –
Today we get to look at a film that is almost the reverse of the norm. It is
not at all uncommon for there to be English adaptions of foreign language films
as there is a long history of people assuming that subtitles are a real barrier
for commercial success. Well, today we get to see a film that has made the
reverse trip with Kidnapping Stella
being the German adaptation of the English film The Disappearance of Alice Creed. With that in mind, let’s take a
look at how well a film does going the other way across the channel. Though I
must say that at times this is a deeply confronting film, and you should
probably know that before jumping in.
So to set the scene, we open in on two gentlemen Tom (Max von der Groeben) and
Vic (Clemens Schick) as they go about their day running errands and picking up
supplies. They renovate a room, get a van ready, and put in a new bed. All
really normal, but for the fact that they block out all of the windows, and
that they have masks. Because what they are doing is not renovating, they are prepping
the room for something, and that something is Stella (Jella Haase) who they
kidnap off the street to ransom back to her parents.
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