Kidnapping Stella

When I came across this movie on Netflix, I said to myself upon reading its description, "Hey, this sounds familiar." In the first two minutes of watching the movie, my suspicions were confirmed - this German movie is a remake of the 2009 British movie "The Disappearance of Alice Creed", which I had seen years earlier and remembered enjoying. I was not sure if this remake was authorized or not, but I was interested all the same to seeing an interpretation of the original story by filmmakers of another country. This remake does mostly follow what happened in the original, though it does throw in some new twists, as well as eliminate a few plot points. On its own terms, the movie is okay, being not boring, and acceptably acted. Yet I remember the original movie being more rawer and gritty than this remake, partially due to its lower budget. Because of that I found the original movie to be a lot more compelling than this somewhat more glossy and slicker remake. So far, the other user reviews of this remake have largely been very negative. While I don't think this remake is deserving of such harsh reviews, at the same time it is definitely a few notches below the original. So if you have a choice between seeing either movie, I would say watch the original.

This is almost play by play the exact same as the disappearance of alice creed. Is it even legal to rip a movie off and not even give them credit.

Went into this not having read any reviews or watching any trailers, it was shoved down my throat on Netflix so much I decided it looked good enough to give it a try.

Bad idea. The movie is bad. Someone reviewed it and used the word "sexy". I don't know how. It's not sexy, it's not good, it's not suspenseful, it's just bad. The whole time I kept waiting for some type of twist, or something to make this better. It never was there. I thought the acting was fine, but all around, I'd recommend a pass.

I felt I knew the plot of this movie as soon as I started watching. It was very similar to a few other movies. There is some clever screen play with some tension here and there but by the end it feels flat to me. As with tittle of the movie it's very obvious and full on. There is nothing really anything unexpected. I still can't understand certain characters and how the situation even came to be. The plot holes are alarming. We never get to feel sorry for the character and by then end you will feel indifferent.

...it's mostly just boring. The characters are dumb and hard to relate to. The two kidnappers are so overwhelmingly incompetent that there is no way they could pull it off (unless of course the dad and police are even dumber which apparently they are). Stella is annoying. Screaming and moving like an idiot, missing multiple opportunities to escape. There are plenty plot holes and inexplicable behavior but again the biggest problem is that it's just boring and as a viewer I couldn't care less if or who would survive. My advice: skip it!