Aug 6, 2010
Watch The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a 2009 British thriller film about the kidnapping of a young woman by two ex-convicts. The film is written and directed by J Blakeson and stars Gemma Arterton as the captured Alice Creed, with Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan as Danny and Vic, the kidnappers.
The film opens with Danny and Vic hurriedly lining the inside of a transit van with plastic. We then see them shopping for a drill, a mattress and other supplies before entering a small flat and assembling a bed for the mattress, and stapling foam insulation and board to the walls and windows of a bedroom. Then they kidnap Alice Creed on Watch The Disappearance of Alice Creed Free. They drag her from the street into the back of the van and, with a bag over her head and ball gag in her mouth, take her back to the flat, tying her to the bed in the room they have converted into a prison cell.
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Danny and Vic are two ex-convicts planning to gain a huge amount of cash on the ransom for Alice—the daughter of a rich businessman. Danny is the younger and nervier of the two, whereas Vic is hardened and wholly intimidating. After Alice tries to escape, Danny reveals himself and it turns out that Danny and Alice knows each other. Danny explains to Alice that he came up with a plan to kidnap Alice for a £2M ransom and then Danny was to take the money from Vic to share with Alice. Apparently Danny and Vic are lovers that met in prison. Danny kept Alice in the dark about the plan because he wanted the kidnapping to be “authentic”. Alice is horrified by the plan but then plays along in order to try and escape later. In the 2nd escape attempt, Alice pockets a disposable cellphone that Vic discovers and he forces Alice to reveal Danny’s plan for betrayal.
During the ransom pickup, Danny and Vic on Watch The Disappearance of Alice Creed Movie move Alice to an abandoned factory. Vic and Danny visit the drop site and Vic reveals to Danny that this was a fake drop site and he knew about intended betrayal. Vic tries to kill Danny but only manages to wound him. Vic then picks up the money from the real drop site and returns to the factory to release Alice. But Danny ambushes Vic and kills him. Danny tells Alice that she should have gone along with his plans and leaves her locked up. Danny then leaves in Vic’s car with the ransom money. Vic lives long enough to throw the keys to Alice, who frees herself. She walks outside to find that Danny has died from his wounds. Alice drags Danny out of the car and disappears with the ransom money.
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Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes on Watch The Disappearance of Alice Creed Online reports that 82% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 34 reviews. It has received a number of four star ratings in the UK press. Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian made the following comment about the much discussed plot twists: “There’s twist and counter-twist, cross and double-cross, and with each narrative reveal comes a firework display of Big Acting”. It was well received at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of TIFF, praises J Blakeson’s directorial style, claiming that “Not since Reservoir Dogs has a hostage standoff been handled with such intelligence”. The film was nominated for the Raindance award at the British Independent Film Awards 2009.
Streaming Watch The Disappearance of Alice Creed was screened at the 2009 London Film Festival and the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival; and will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010. After a well publicised Facebook campaign to choose a Cinema to host the World Premiere of the film, Southampton University Student’s Union won the event, which took place on 20 April 2010. The film will be released on DVD in the UK on 4 October 2010.
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