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If you watched the original, this falls way short despite being shoved into Netflix. Original was a ticking bomb. Remake didn't try to do anything new, every scene , every sequence and dialog was copied. Zero for originality. Skip and watch the original

When I came across this movie on Netflix, I said to myself upon reading its description, "Hey, this sounds familiar." In the first two minutes of watching the movie, my suspicions were confirmed - this German movie is a remake of the 2009 British movie "The Disappearance of Alice Creed", which I had seen years earlier and remembered enjoying. I was not sure if this remake was authorized or not, but I was interested all the same to seeing an interpretation of the original story by filmmakers of another country. This remake does mostly follow what happened in the original, though it does throw in some new twists, as well as eliminate a few plot points. On its own terms, the movie is okay, being not boring, and acceptably acted. Yet I remember the original movie being more rawer and gritty than this remake, partially due to its lower budget. Because of that I found the original movie to be a lot more compelling than this somewhat more glossy and slicker remake. So far, the other user reviews of this remake have largely been very negative. While I don't think this remake is deserving of such harsh reviews, at the same time it is definitely a few notches below the original. So if you have a choice between seeing either movie, I would say watch the original.

This is almost play by play the exact same as the disappearance of alice creed. Is it even legal to rip a movie off and not even give them credit.

This is a poor netflix remake with very poor quality engish dub

One off the post scripts after the first half which was interesting. The writer and director put a gag of laughs after the first half to a hour which were very interesting. They could have made an amazing movie but turned out s**t

To be honest I love most Netflix flicks, like I am mother etc. this flick made me angry. I don't want to spoil it but it is what it is. The writing sucks. Actors can't act when their direction and writing are awful. Come on Netflix. U can do better. Dark was so good in German. The writing is worse than a lifetime movie. Get it together and don't feature it as an "original".

This is a smart and nifty two hander that gets increasingly claustrophobic as the plot unfolds. This is exactly similar to another British film the name I don't recall which has Olga Kurulenko in a similar plot. Anyway turns out that one of the criminals is known to the victim. Once the breach occurs in the plot, it starts unraveling for the kidnappers. It's a slow burn that doesn't transgress it's plot moorings. Will worth your time.

Went into this not having read any reviews or watching any trailers, it was shoved down my throat on Netflix so much I decided it looked good enough to give it a try.

Bad idea. The movie is bad. Someone reviewed it and used the word "sexy". I don't know how. It's not sexy, it's not good, it's not suspenseful, it's just bad. The whole time I kept waiting for some type of twist, or something to make this better. It never was there. I thought the acting was fine, but all around, I'd recommend a pass.

There's some amazing editing, very good sound effects, the lovely touch of German to this film that makes the overall ingredient more plausible. I would venture to all say that when you see a low rating for a Netflix film, it's always a good idea to come and read some reviews for perspective. I'm saddened that many people won't watch because of the low-rating. Anyway, Im doing by bit in telling you, KIDNAPPING STELLA is slick and great fun. Cheers to me.

"Kidnapping Stella" is not for the faint of heart. There's some rough stuff in this movie. It's not gory but it shows a kidnapping for what it is. It's not a trip to the park. The cast is very good. The movie also looks great. "Kidnapping Stella" held my interest throughout. I don't know if I'll ever go back to it but I'm glad I watched this movie.

...it's mostly just boring. The characters are dumb and hard to relate to. The two kidnappers are so overwhelmingly incompetent that there is no way they could pull it off (unless of course the dad and police are even dumber which apparently they are). Stella is annoying. Screaming and moving like an idiot, missing multiple opportunities to escape. There are plenty plot holes and inexplicable behavior but again the biggest problem is that it's just boring and as a viewer I couldn't care less if or who would survive. My advice: skip it!

The Disappearance of Alice Creed 2009 England Bloedlink 2014 Netherlands Kidnapping Stella 2019 Germany

All the same movie done in different parts of Europe. It's pretty sad.

The 2 burglar guys from the kevin alone at home movie were EINSTEIN'S compared to these two ( the girl isn't smarter eather ) the dialogue omg who wrote this? he needs to go back to the writing school, i had better conversations with a 3 years old , then they have in the movie , there is nothing suprising as well , but many times you just facepalm yourself , save the time don't watch its my lowest rankd movie on imdb and i watched rly bad ones , trust me its a waste of time.

I felt I knew the plot of this movie as soon as I started watching. It was very similar to a few other movies. There is some clever screen play with some tension here and there but by the end it feels flat to me. As with tittle of the movie it's very obvious and full on. There is nothing really anything unexpected. I still can't understand certain characters and how the situation even came to be. The plot holes are alarming. We never get to feel sorry for the character and by then end you will feel indifferent.

Story is somewhat familiar. However, I did enjoy this German version

This movie is an exact copy of "the kidnapping of alice creed"! They don't even call it a remake! Wtf??? Is the industry really coming to this? When I saw netflix pushing this I expected them to give credit to the previous movie. But nope! They act like its an original. Shame on these lowrate thieves. 😡

This was without a doubt the worst movie I ever wasted 25 minutes on. I started fast forwarding through the screaming, bathroom break scenes. One thing is for sure script was short for actors. Screaming, profanity and perpetual putting masks on, locking and unlocking doors were all it contained.

I believe that many of the reviewers on this platform don't get it because they aren't German speakers. I'm German and a native speaker and this is adrenaline pure. Maybe I can relate to this more because I speak the language and I actually lived in Berlin recently. The writing and the acting do not suck! My heartbeat could not slow down during the movie. This doesn't happen often in movies and this film got it right. It's not merely about the kidnapping but rather also about the human psyche what a tensed situation like this can do to you, to us, i.e. finding an unethical way to get quick money mixed with human ethics, fear, confusion, and the scary reality to commit a crime with all the ramifications that can come with it. I saw some Stockholm Syndrome in the film as well. I completely disagree with the reviews. I think Netflix did well on this. Netflix USA is not only about U.S. movies but also about the artistic visions from film artists around the world and Netflix realized that this was a German artistic vision good enough to be promoted on the Netflix platform. I applaud Netflix for that. It's a film worth watching and the acting felt completely authentic. Good job!

This film contains only three characters and they are acting worth to see. A tight story building towards ending is superb. And I like the film setting. It will entertain you till the ending without boring.

No this movie isn't amazing. But you should beware that 9 or more of the reviews here are from the very same person and that's pretty lame of them. Hopefully they can get a life.

As for the film its an authorized remake in German, yes. It's pretty boring.