The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Low-budget British thriller about millionaire daughter Alice Creed (Arterton) who's taken hostage by two men, one seemingly the mastermind of the kidnapping (Marsan), the other one—the Irish one—timid and mysterious (Compston); but Alice is not going to make their scheme easy. Smooth-running for a film with only three characters and the use of the cello on Marc Canham's score is phenomenal. But there are plenty of cons to go with those pros. The plot and conflict aren't anything new; there are a couple of sections in the film where character's common sense should play a factor, but doesn't; and the climax is pretty much a back-and-forth showdown to assist the story of reaching over 90 minutes, unmasking its lack of substance