Kidnapped - The Complete Series
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Actor: Jeremy Sisto, Timothy HuttonBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 541 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Kidnapped - The Complete Series
Movie Review: A solid show...cancelled with closure?
Summary: 4 Stars
So we have Kidnapped. The show premiered on NBC and was canceled after only 5 episodes. This is why I do not get into network TV folks! You get into a show and "BAM!" it's gone without a rhyme or reason.
Lets look at the outline of this show. The show was pitched to the network (NBC) as a season long whodunit. Every season was going to feature a new kidnapping and the core stars of the show would return season to season. A fairly risky move as the viewer MUST watch from the beginning to fully understand whats going on. However the concept has worked on shows like 24. So NBC took the plunge and ordered an entire season.
However from the ratings of the pilot episode the network knew the show was in trouble and spoke with the producers of the show and asked if they could wrap the entire season in a shorter time span. As more episodes premiered the ratings grew worse and the network moved the show a few times finally putting the show on the worst time lot their is...Saturday Night @ 10:00 PM. After the 5th episode aired the show was officially canceled. However NBC did agree to post the remaining episodes on their website one a week until the the show was completed. Not many people took advantage of this. The remaining shows did air split up over the next year in the middle of the night which makes no sense.
But lets look at the positive situation of this. The show was completed and every question was answered. A rare gift of canceled shows like this. If you have ever watched the show "Reunion" you will know what I mean because "Kidnapped" answers the question of whodunit.
The show was a roller coaster from the beginning episode and seemed a bit rushed getting into the middle of the series. This was because the writers had the season written to be 22 episodes long and had to shorten it down to 13 episodes. Similar to "Jericho Season 2" being reduced from 22 episodes down to only 7. The core cast was good with Jeremy Sisto, Delroy Lindo, and rounded out by the gorgeous Carmen Ejogo who played Knapp's (Sisto) assistant. The season stars were Timothy Hutton, Dana Delany, Will Denton, and Mykelti Williamson. The season stars were not as likable as the core stars and Williamson overacted abit although I am a fan of his.
Funny scene when Knapp (Sisto) is talking with an FBI agent in Times Square in front of the "Bubba - Gump Shrimp Company". I found that amusing because Mykelti Williamson was "Bubba" in the movie "Forrest Gump".
All in all a good show and a real treat to fans who may have only caught the first few episodes. The series does indeed end with finality and the I will admit did not see the person behind it all coming until the end of the show. What was so neat about it was the whole scheme was a maze built on a maze inside a maze as said by one of the villains. The bad guys had no idea who they were working for as the handlers had handlers.
Semi unique concept of a show and it's a shame that it didn't take off. However we are blessed with the entire series being released on DVD because we do get our questions answered. I do recommend this feature even though there are a few minor flaws.
Summary of Kidnapped - The Complete Series
Nailbiting star-packed thriller! When a wealthy family s son is kidnapped all hell breaks loose. A private investigator works outside the law while keeping the family s secrets behind closed doors and an FBI agent with an eye for detail gets pulled into the case. Anything can happen in this suspense-driven star-packed thriller where behind every closed door lies another secret!Runtime: 100 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?043396185920 Manufacturer No:?18592Full of drama, suspense, and action, Kidnapped has all the makings of a taut whodunit. When the teenage son of a wealthy family is kidnapped, Conrad (Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People) and Ellie (Dana Delaney, China Beach) Cain hire a renegade investigator named Knapp (Jeremy Sisto, Six Feet Under) to get their child back. Knapp is abrasive and not at all concerned with breaking the law as long as he is able to save the victim. Still, he could work on his people skills. As one old woman asks, as he bullies his way into her house, "What kind of name is Knapp?" She's got a point. Unless you're famous, announcing yourself simply by your last name is pretty pretentious. All 13 episodes of this NBC series--which aired during the 2006-2007 season--are included on this three-disc DVD set. And unlike many shows that are canceled within a year, Kidnapped offers viewers closure and a finite ending.
While the first few episodes dealing with the kidnapping are gripping, the show layers on some subplots that fail. Is Ellie having an affair with a prominent politician? Did Conrad kill his ex-mistress? Neither character is particularly likeable, so the viewer doesn't really care. Hutton, who is superb in so many other projects, never rings true here. Speaking in a tough guy accent (when he remembers), his character is never convincing as a boy from the wrong side of the tracks who made good. And Delaney is never quite believable as an uptown girl who doesn't get particularly flustered when she has to protect herself from an assailant. (Explaining her ease handling weapons, Ellie says, "I know how to shoot a gun. My father's a Republican.")Other characters get to delivery clunky lines as well. When FBI agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo, Get Shorty) is asked if he thinks there's a leak in the office, he knowingly says, "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..." Like ABC's Murder One, Kidnapped asks a lot of its viewers to have patience and watch a drama unfold over a series of several months. The problem is that unlike Murder One--which was also low rated--the plot here isn't nearly convincing enough to be warrant the wait. --Jae-Ha Kim
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