This movie had a good premise but ultimately fell far short of what I was expecting. Kurt Russell was good, as usual, but the story should have been a lot more interesting.
The weak link here was Mariel Hemingway. The movie really needed a much more likeable and talented actress to play the girlfriend, so that when she was abducted, we the audience would feel the panic that Kurt Russell showed in his mad dash to get to the school.
Instead, his girlfriend has been so vapid, whiny and annoying throughout that I was actively rooting for her to be an actual victim. I also was put off by those godawful eyebrows that looked like two hairy black caterpillars stuck to her face.
The weak link here was Mariel Hemingway. The movie really needed a much more likeable and talented actress to play the girlfriend, so that when she was abducted, we the audience would feel the panic that Kurt Russell showed in his mad dash to get to the school.
Instead, his girlfriend has been so vapid, whiny and annoying throughout that I was actively rooting for her to be an actual victim. I also was put off by those godawful eyebrows that looked like two hairy black caterpillars stuck to her face.