Disappearance of Alice Creed, The (2009) [Blu-ray]
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Two masked men seize Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton, Quantum Of Solace, Clash Of The Titans), the daughter of a millionaire, and take her to an abandoned, soundproofed apartment where they bind and gag her. The coldly efficient kidnapper (Eddie Marsan, Sherlock Holmes) and his accomplice (Martin Compston) worked out a meticulous plan, but Alice is not going to play the perfect victim or go down without a fight.

User Comment: Iron Man from United Kingdom, 4 May 2010 • A terrifically enjoyable film from debut writer-director J Blakeson. Apparently working to a tiny budget, he's proved that he has an incredible understanding of what makes a thriller film work.

There are three excellent performances (lucky, as with only three actors this needed to be the case), particularly Gemma Arterton as Alice Creed, who uses her wits and womanly wiles to make a stand against her tormentors, Vic and Danny.

Much has been made of the plot twists - but I still didn't see them coming at all! I thought they were ample to keep you guessing right to the last, and I kept changing my mind as to how I thought things would turn out.

I kept reading "taut, claustrophobic and very well put together" when I was researching this film, and I have to say it delivered on all counts. Excellent.

Summary: Stark and brutal, but "The Disappearance of Alice Creed" is the paramount of independent film-making

[CSW] -3- Although I was expected different sorts of twists the ending twists made up for the all the rest of them. It was an entertaining but not a heavy weight film.
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