I'm huge horror movie fan, and gave this movie a generous 5. The movie felt drawn out and felt very repetitive. It was like the same repeat sequence for each kid that was abducted before the main kid character of the movie was abducted.
This movie lacked in a few departments- like: we had no kind of backstory of the kidnapper- why does he do what he does - how does his brother (they live together) - has no idea what's going on in his own house with the brother being the kidnapper- but when questioned by the cops, he shows how obsessed he is with the news story and had conspiracy theories on where the kidnapper could be and how to catch the kidnapper.
The kid actors did a great job- movie was filmed well, and as far as Ethan Hawks performance- can't say much because honestly he didn't have much screen time (commercials and trailers are misleading). Almost all of the movie was about the kids and the main kid and his sister with their messed up relationship with their father. *And the few times u do get to see Ethan Hawk's character, he has a mask on all the time, so u don't get much from him aside from trying to act and sound creepy,,, like a poor man's Joker.
-- Save your $ and wait for it to come out on cable.
This movie lacked in a few departments- like: we had no kind of backstory of the kidnapper- why does he do what he does - how does his brother (they live together) - has no idea what's going on in his own house with the brother being the kidnapper- but when questioned by the cops, he shows how obsessed he is with the news story and had conspiracy theories on where the kidnapper could be and how to catch the kidnapper.
The kid actors did a great job- movie was filmed well, and as far as Ethan Hawks performance- can't say much because honestly he didn't have much screen time (commercials and trailers are misleading). Almost all of the movie was about the kids and the main kid and his sister with their messed up relationship with their father. *And the few times u do get to see Ethan Hawk's character, he has a mask on all the time, so u don't get much from him aside from trying to act and sound creepy,,, like a poor man's Joker.
-- Save your $ and wait for it to come out on cable.