Definitely one of Bava's more pessimistic films, but it shows just how far the master was capable of stretching into a more realistic, less expressionistic palate.
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05/03/07
Kidnapped (1974)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 3 hrs
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The bleak but captivating story of three men who take a woman hostage and hijack a car driven by a man taking his dying son to the hospital. Mario Bava's film was completed posthumously in 1997 by... [More]
Starring: George Eastman, Lea Lander, Riccardo Cucciolla, Aldo Caponi
Director: Mario Bava
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08/17/05
Quite cynically, Bava evokes a human society where no one is to be trusted.
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