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May 26, 2006 · 90 minutes. Certificate: TBC. Original Title: Secuestro Express. Ostensibly a thriller, this Venezuelan kidnap film borders on horror, dwelling on a young couple’s ordeal in terrifying detail.
Aug 5, 2005 · 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 ...
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- Jonathan Jakubowicz
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Secuestro Express. The closest Secuestro has to a protagonist, Alias star Mia Maestro – excluding a bit part by Ruben Blades, the film’s only familiar face – is believable in her intelligent cool. With an abduction occurring in Latin America every six minutes, from 70% of which the victims do not survive, the gradual dissolution of that ...
Aug 5, 2005 · Carla (Mía Maestro) and her boyfriend, Martin (Jean Paul Leroux), are out clubbing one night in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, when they are attacked and kidnapped.
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- Jonathan Jakubowicz
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- Mía Maestro
There's nary a dull moment in the semi-autobiographical Secuestro Express (secuestro means kidnap), as Jakubowicz pleases the eyes with closeups, sped-up scenes, hand-held camerawork and other stylized tricks. Read More. By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW. 70. TV Guide Magazine. This is pulp with smarts and a social conscience. Read More.
Oct 31, 2023 · Inspired by the Latin American practice of secuestro express – or quickie kidnap – the Venezuelan Jonathan Jakubowicz’s debut feature tracks a miserable night in the life of a rich Caracas couple (Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux) after a wild night out of partying ends with abduction at the hands of a trio of gun-happy barrio gangsters.
Watch the DVD Secuestro Express… A review. You haven’t seen squalor and crime until you’ve seen Venezuelan squalor and crime. And don’t ever trust a drug addict. This is what Jonathan Jakubowicz’s taut Venezuelan picture communicates.
