Steig. Nicht. Aus!

What about these bad reviews? I started breathing again when the movie was over. This was intense. Great acting of the father and daughter. I felt like I was in it, yelling at the police with their stupid decisions. I really liked it.

I began to watch this on IRIS randomly, not even knowing what genre it belonged. The opening suggested it could even be some romantic comedy. But as scenes progressed, I said ok, that's a variation of Speed and The Phone Booth alright.

The film progressed in a watchable manner, lacking in humor maybe deliberately, but quite good with details and twists, unexpected moments etc.

Safe to say this has all the works a Hollywood movie comes naturally with. The overall IMDb score looks fair in that sense.

However, I must add that, close to the ending there is one twist that takes place that really was clever and moving. The daughter's love and attachment to the father is key on that one, and I'd say it is could have elevated the script one grade if only the finale didn't lag so terribly.

This movie had me nailed to my seat, or rather: seats. I had to make two attempts at watching it. I am a father of two myself, and the first time round I had to turn off the tv when things got to tough for the kids. But the seed was sown and I found myself wondering what the heck was going on in this story, and I needed to find out. So I watched the rest online two days later. I don't regret it. I felt the pain of the father, wondered about the villain and his next moves, got angry at the police making bad mistakes, and rooted for the heros. And at the end I realized that this is what good movies do.

P.S.: Emily Kusche did a fantastic job. I loved her even better than Wilke Möhring. In every second, the emotional state she displayed reflected precisely the situation she was in.

Just please dont watch this movie if you someone who prefer movies which actually make sense. This movie could have been good if the plot was thoroughly planned. 1) It can be logical if the wife suspicious when her husband instruct her to empty their account and leave the money elsewhere. But when the polices believe that the husband, Karl was keeping their children as hostage in the car with bomb & ask her to talk to him, she make it sounds as if he could be that heartless to kill their kids. She could have say, despite their wreck marriage he wont do that. 2) The police actually let someone claiming to be "Karl's brother" (w/o confirming his identification or cross refer to Karl's wife about the stranger's identity), approach rhe car they were stuck in. It was only later that the bomb squad leader decided to cross check with Karl's wife. The police had also simply believe a false info given by lover of Karl's wife who claimed to be her lawyer. Again only later on they recheck the info given by asking Karl's wife. 3) when the chief of bomb squad called the wife to cross check regarding the "profile" they've accumulated about Karl, then only she told the chief that there's no way Karl would do it + he loves their children, that they have no financial prob & Karl was not an addict to gambling (false info). 4) they actually let the guy claiming to be "Karl's brother" away. Which lead to him able to get to Karl a step ahead from the police near the end. 5) both the police leading the operation & the chief of bomb squad did not share info regarding the situation leading to many misunderstanding. They could have realised earlier that karl was not holding their children as hostage but instead they all are hostages. 6) shouldnt the police & the chief of bomb squad learn body languange to read the criminal movement/ tendencies? If not shouldnt they one pyschologist available at site to observe their behaviours to predict his move. Its obvious Karl was in distressed & showing multiple symptoms of a victim needing help. 7) the most unreasonable one would be,how can his kid got shot. In the legs. When the bullet came from the front. It is only logical if it hits the father or the kid (Marius) upper abdomen. 8) They have confiscated his car key, & still felt like Karl is a bad guy when it is so obvious he only manage to start his car & escape after they send in the real bad guy claiming to be "Karl's brother". 9) They aware that the mic they put on "Karl's brother was cut off which should have raised the alarm since it happen before "Karl's brother" manage to reach the car, in other words, he purposely get rid of the mic so that they cant hear his convo with Karl. That being said, they should have at least felt suspicious & put him under surveillance afterwards. So yeah, this movie is poorly plan, too many plot holes & things that dont make sense.

The good intentions are obvious . The effort of Wotan Wilke Mohring is impresive. The film has few great moments . But... . Far to be bad, it has few huge sins. Against the story, it is not convincing. Second, it seems be only a strident moral lesson. Not the last, you feel the end becoming predictable. And, sure, one more problem- it is too, too long. The last seems be the basic sin.