JWT At the Movies with JW3

Kidnap (2017)

Director: Luis Prieto (Pusher)

Producers: Lorenzo diBonaventura (Salt, Transformers [2007], Four Brothers)

Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Lackawanna Blues)

Time: 81 mins.

Studio: Aviron Pictures

R: Violence and Peril

Players: Halle Berry (Karla Dyson), Sage Correa (Frankie Dyson), Chris McGinn (Margo),

Lew Temple (Terry), Jason George (David), Christopher Berry (Bearded Man)

and Kurtis Bedford (Del)

In America, a child goes missing every 40 seconds.

For the parents you never think it's gonna happen to your kids until it becomes reality.

Working mom and waitress Karla Dyson (Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Kingsman: The Golden Circle) is experiencing every parents worst nightmare when in a split-second her son Frankie (newcomer Sage Correa) is snatched by a stranger and put in that person's car and Karla knowing the inevitable follows them on the highway.

But when she goes to the police to report her son has been kidnapped and later looks at all the missing children's flyers Karla realizes that time isn't on her side and Karla wages a one-mom fight to get back her son at all costs and soon as she reaches her destination the kidnappers will realize they took the wrong kid.

With the summer movie season winding down, Halle Berry makes a triumphant return to the big screen in this actioner that can only be described as "Taken [2009] for moms" and while its not the best movie of the summer next to 'Wonder Woman' it's a helluva lot better than "Rough Night" and "Snatched".

My final cut: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars!

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Johnny White III recommends these "snatched" movie classics on Blu-ray, 4K, DVD & Digital HD:

Ransom (1996) - Touchstone Home Entertainment

Stars: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, Gary Sinise, Donnie Wahlberg,

Liev Schreiber, Lili Taylor, Brawley Nolte

Director/Producer: Ron Howard (Eight Days A Week, Backdraft, Rush [2013])

Writer: Richard Price (The Color of Money, CLOCKERS)

Man On Fire (2004) - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell,

Marc Anthony, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Mickey Rourke

Producer/Director: Tony Scott (True Romance, Crimson Tide, Unstoppable)

Writer: Brian Helgeland (42, Mystic River, L. A. Confidential)

Based on the book by: A. J. Quinnell

Taken (2009) - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Xander Berkley, Jon Gries,

David Warshofsky, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen

Director: Pierre Morel (The Gunman, From Paris with Love)

Producer/Co-Writer: Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, LUCY, Taken 2, Colombiana)