Secuestro Express: Critic Reviews

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 48 reviews

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Laura Kern New York Times (Top Critic)

80

The unpredictable Secuestro Express is more than just a dizzying thrill ride laced with small doses of pitch-black comic relief.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

Full Review » 6 years ago
Nona Willis-Aronowitz Village Voice (Top Critic)

As social commentary, Secuestro Express doesn't go much further than regurgitating character types (poor little rich girl, thief with heart of gold) and reminding us of Caracas's class differences.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

Part exploitation thriller and part sociopolitical statement, Secuestro Express is a little too enamored of its own gangsta cool to be taken seriously.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

67

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

Jakubowicz will undoubtedly become a filmmaker to follow, as soon as he understands what he wants to say -- not just how loud he wants to say it.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

70

A well-intentioned copy but one that holds much promise for its first-time director.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)

Depicts a nocturnal Caracas with tense energy while gingerly trying not to offend any political group in the current class wars embroiling Venezuela.
Full Review » 7 years ago
V.A. Musetto New York Post (Top Critic)

75

Jakubowicz pleases the eyes with closeups, sped-up scenes, hand-held camerawork and other stylized tricks.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Sura Wood Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

While it's difficult to resist the temptation to avert one's eyes, the film's power is undeniable.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

Jakubowicz is a whiz at setting up an exceedingly tense predicament and then building upon it a nearly unbearable suspense with ingenuity and insight.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Bob Mondello NPR.org

Full Review » 4 years ago
Anton Bitel Film4

80

from its opening 'shot', Secuestro Express takes its captive audience at gunpoint on a heart-pounding tour of crime, corruption and class war in downtown Caracas.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

From beginning to end, Secuestro Express proves an obnoxious mess determinedly employing the kidnapping conceit it laments to stimulate popcorn movie sentiments.
Full Review » 6 years ago
David Edwards Daily Mirror [UK]

Full Review » 6 years ago
Joe Utichi FilmFocus

80

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Empire Magazine

60

Full Review » 6 years ago
Matthew Turner ViewLondon

80

Impeccably directed, tightly-wound and extremely tense thriller with some neat twists and a healthy dose of social commentary thrown in for good measure.
Full Review » 6 years ago
BBC

Full Review » 6 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

67

This film gives one vision of what anarchy is like, on a small scale, at least.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

60

From a filmmaking angle, it's a movie to be studied, but from a writing angle, it could have been so much better.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Chris Barsanti Filmcritic.com

30

As a kidnap thriller, Secuestro Express is a complete bore, but what's worse is that it occasionally seems to imagine it's making a point.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

34

An unpleasant watch that showed how sleazy films can get in trying to imitate reality and Tarantino.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jonathan W. Hickman Entertainment Insiders

Full Review » 7 years ago
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle

60

Full Review » 7 years ago