I'll start with the good things:
Between all the pointless shots, there are some that are really well done. The lighting is solid, the colour palette pleasing, things are in focus.
Some of the acting is alright. The premise is nowhere near original, but completely from the perspective of the kidnapped victim, which is fine. Some of the ideas are actually not that bad.
Now for the things that make this film pretty bad:
The writing is horrible. Horrible dialogue, horrible plot holes, horrible pacing. And, fitting for so many modern productions, horribly unlikeable characters. The protagonist's monologues are so cringeworthy and bad, it's astounding. Her interaction with the badly written police woman on the phone is so dumb that it hurts.
She has phone calls on speakerphone and yells and cries (and is generally insufferable), but the driver doesn't hear anything. She bangs and clanks around, but the driver doesn't hear anything.
Apparently, the filmmakers also don't seem to know how a smartphone works, and the way the protagonist uses it makes you wonder if people that dumb actually exist. This wouldn't even be acceptable if the phone wouldn't be so important for the plot, but it's absolutely crucial. It's infuriating.
Whoever read this script and greenlit it should lose their job.
Between all the pointless shots, there are some that are really well done. The lighting is solid, the colour palette pleasing, things are in focus.
Some of the acting is alright. The premise is nowhere near original, but completely from the perspective of the kidnapped victim, which is fine. Some of the ideas are actually not that bad.
Now for the things that make this film pretty bad:
The writing is horrible. Horrible dialogue, horrible plot holes, horrible pacing. And, fitting for so many modern productions, horribly unlikeable characters. The protagonist's monologues are so cringeworthy and bad, it's astounding. Her interaction with the badly written police woman on the phone is so dumb that it hurts.
She has phone calls on speakerphone and yells and cries (and is generally insufferable), but the driver doesn't hear anything. She bangs and clanks around, but the driver doesn't hear anything.
Apparently, the filmmakers also don't seem to know how a smartphone works, and the way the protagonist uses it makes you wonder if people that dumb actually exist. This wouldn't even be acceptable if the phone wouldn't be so important for the plot, but it's absolutely crucial. It's infuriating.
Whoever read this script and greenlit it should lose their job.