 The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan
Directed by: J Blakeson
Screenplay by: J Blakeson
Release: September 17, 2010
MPAA Rating: R for violent content, pervasive language and some sexuality / nudity.
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 Domestic: $166,980 (19.9%)
Foreign: $673,802 (80.1%)
Total: $840,782 (Worldwide)
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 Two men, one in his twenties, the other nearer forty, both intensely focused on the task at hand - line the inside of a transit van with plastic. Shopping, they buy a drill, a mattress and other supplies. In a small flat they assemble a bed for the mattress and staple foam insulation and board to the walls and windows of a bedroom.
Then, their meticulous preparations complete, they kidnap a young woman. They drag her from the street into the back of the van and, with a bag over her head and ball gag in her mouth, take her back to the flat, tying her to the bed in the room they have converted into a prison cell.
The kidnappers are Danny (Martin Compston) and Vic (Eddie Marsan) two ex-cons planning to make a mint on the ransom for the young woman. The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction. Their hostage is Alice Creed (Gemma Artenton), daughter of a rich businessman, chosen by Vic and Danny as their passport to a better life. Terrified and immobile at first, it soon becomes clear that Alice isn't about to escape as Vic and Danny are to succeed, Alice enters between the two men. As the deadlie for the exchange draws nearer, all three are brought close to breaking point, with Vic and Danny foolproof plan descending into a desperate struggle for survival.
A tant, emotionally intense thriller, the debut feature from writer-director J Blakeson eschews genre convention, generating tension from the sexual and psychological ties that bind captive to captors.
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