Oct 05, 2008 02:37 PM
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The problem with KIDNAP is that the story is so lifeless, so tacky, so outdated that I felt terrible at the end for wasting time, money and energy on such a awful movie.Kidnap takes Bollywood to a new low!
Sonia(Minissha Lamba) lives with her mother Mallika(Vidya Malvade) and grandmother(Reema Lagoo) because her parents had separated when she was a child. 14 days before her eighteenth birthday, she has an argument with her mother about her coming home late after the Christmas Party. sHE demands that she would listen to everything if she gets to meet her father.Then she leaves home & goes swimming in the sea to dive outout but disappears into the sea.
She wakes up in the evening in a cottage which has no exit. At first she doesn't believe that she has been kidnapped and thinks that her friends are throwing a surprise birthday party.The Kinapper Kabir(Imran Khan) tells her how she came there.
Next morning, her mother receives a call from Kabir, who demands to speak to Vikrant Raina(Sanjay Dutt), a US-based Indian business tycoon, with whom he has an old score to settle.Kabir demands that Vikrant play a game. The game involves Kabir giving a task to Vikrant and upon completion of the task, Vikrant will get a clue that will take him one step close to his daughter.
The story has been inspired from Zinda however this is not even half as interetsing or intense as the 2006 release.Despite such a serious theme the whole film has been treated in a candy floss dhoom oh so cool manner.The screenplay goes absolutely haywire in the second half. The movie drags on yet doesn’t have the thrill to counter up the boring portions involving Sanjay/Vidya .Whevever they appear on the sreen the movie becomes unbearable .Plus the director has injected a smooch between them which leaves a bad taste in mouth .Honestly the story/screenplay leave the viewer feeling restless. To give Sanjay credit the chase scene do keep the interest alive to a certain extent.
As a director Sanjay once again fails to deliver. Here is a director who is extremely inconsistent. At times he springs a surprise on the viewer with films like the enjoyable Dhoom and at others he completely bores the viewer and makes a disastrous ventures like MYKSH or this. The biggest drawback of the film is that it relies so heavily on been-there-done-that situations that you actually search for something innovative throughout those two hours.Even the climax is such a letdown.The music is horrible and B grade .
Imran Khan is the only actor who adds that extra something to his character. The negative index in his character is intresting .Minisha is terrible and can not act to save her life.
Sanjay looks jaded and is plain ordinary. The fire is completely missing.Vidya is irritating.The remaining actors are mere gap fillers.
Overall Kidnap is a is a good opportunity gone waste.The film has taken a good opening thanks to the aggressive promotion, Imraan Khan and popular music, but it just doesn't have the power to sustain on its feet thereafter.A below average product that could be enjoyed on screens only if you have absolutely nothing else to do in your spare time. Else wait for the movie to come on cable or a DVD parlor to rent it out to you.
