Reviews

Reading the reviews here it seems I am the only one who thought this film was better than The Disappearance of Alice Creed. The acting in Kidnapping Stella was better, there was more believable tension between the two kidnappers and there was a more realistic connection between Stella and Tom. Tom's conflict between the kidnapping and his feelings for Stella was a lot stronger and his fear of Vic had more of an impact than the characters in Alice Creed. In Alice Creed, I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, including Alice who had somewhat of an attitude that made her less sympathetic or Danny who couldn't make his mind up about what side he was on. Whereas in Kidnapping Stella, I felt myself rooting for Tom and somehow wanted it him to survive. The inclusion of the pregnancy and what happened between Tom and Stella in their relationship added a bit more depth in the plot and better context or backstory, whereas Alice Creed didn't tell us really anything about the characters. In addition to this, Vic in Kidnapping Stella was far scarier and more intense than Alice Creed's Vic who couldn't get through a sentence without the F word.

All in all, both movies were pretty mediocre but I enjoyed this one more than Alice Creed and I at least cared a bit more about what happened to the characters. My only gripe with Kidnapping Stella is that the dialogue is pretty much word-for-word; they made some slight but great changes to the plot, but could've been more adventurous with the dialogue.