Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
AND MEAN MACHINE
Isla Fisher’s husband encouraged her to make a career out of being “funny”. The 41-year-old actress was growing disheartened after being rejected for dramatic roles, but found success after finding the “courage” to try out for very different parts on the suggestion of
star Sacha Baron Cohen. Mark Hamill was “traumatised” when he realised he was only in
for a few minutes.
The 66-year-old actor had spent two years getting back in shape to play
Luke Skywalker again, but plot details changed, and he realised he only had a cameo for a few minutes at the end. aggressive truck driver.
Kidnap, however, is no Duel. Straining credulity, it nevertheless works remarkably well, with its minor shifts in tactics and scenery – from boring highway to sinister swampland – providing more than enough nail-biting action. Cinematographer Flavio Martinez Labiano revels in the chase, as if he has been tasked with making a small-scale Mad Max movie. In a way, that’s kind of what this is.
The characters are mostly sketchily drawn, with bad guys who are little more than caricatures of rustic bumpkins. But Berry, who also co-produced the movie, carries Kidnap with determination and distress.
At a fleet 95 minutes, Kidnap is an action movie with barely a wasted frame. Despite leaving a few jarring leaps in continuity, it’s a solid and economical piece of film-making.
It just goes to show: A big budget isn’t necessary to make a big impression. – Washington Post Zoe Kravitz, 29, didn’t watch television as a child. The actress – who is the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet – was only allowed to watch one movie a week and she grew to consider the films to be her “friends”.
“We had a TV, but it wasn’t connected to anything except for a VCR.”