![]() ![]() The film picks up a bit during the last 30 minutes with the story taking a few twists and turns. The original was shot in the Isle of Man. It could be set in a any other country in the world, thus making the suspense thriller generic and less interesting. Though a German film, there is nothing specific that makes the film German. When the trust between them breaks down, the story bears more credibility. ![]() One wonders the reason how these two men so different decide to come together to do the job. The script contains false alarms like the threat of cutting off Stella’s finger when the father refuses to pay the ransom, but the threat is never realized. KIDNAPPING STELLA is nothing really exciting or entertaining. ![]() Apparently, they had a falling out of a relationship. When the latter allows Stella to go do a number 2, she unmasks him and Stella is shocked to find the unmasked her former boyfriend. Vic (Clemens Schick) is a vicious unsympathetic monster apparently the brains of the kidnapping while the other, Tom (Max von der Broeben) is a kinder more fumbling man. It is interesting to note that ALICE CREED’s director Blakeson co-wrote the script with KIDNAPPING STELLA’s director Sieben. The synopses of both films are very similar, which goes to prove that it is the making of the movie and not the story that makes the big difference. One wonders at this odd choice of changing one name and not the other. In KIDNAPPING STELLA Danny is renamed Tom. In the original British version, the men are called Vic and Danny. The two men are opposites in personality – obviously for a film script to be more workable. A woman named Stella (Jella Haase) daughter of a wealthy businessman is kidnapped by the men. The opposite is true for KIDNAPPING STELLA. Kidnapping films often have as a subplot the Stockholm syndrome where the kidnapped falls in love with the kidnapper. The former is definitely then preferred choice as the dubbing is bad with the mouth synching and the words clearly out of place. The film still fails to deliver in either the thriller or drama mode.Īs the film is playing on Netflix, viewers have the option of watching it in the original German version with subtitles or dubbed English. ![]() KIDNAPPING STELLA is a Netlflix original film from Germany but a remake of the above described British film with a few changes. The original had superlative reviews especially in the acting category though it did not make much at the box-office. Blakeson’s 2009 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED where a young woman is kidnapped by two ex-convicts, one of them her ex-boyfriend. Clemens can currently be seen in the feature film SONS OF REVENGE by writer/director Mathieu Bonzon as ‘Otto’ in Christopher Roth’s SO LONG DADDY, SEE YOU IN HELL which premiered at Munich Film Festival as ‘Kurt’ in the BBC comedy series STUCK opposite Dylan Moran & Morgana Robinson as ‘Hart’ in ANDOR - a new Star Wars series for Disney+ - which is written & directed by Tony Gilroy and opposite Caleb Landry Jones in Luc Besson’s DOGMAN which will play in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.KIDNAPPING STELLA is a remake of the British neo-thriller J. Previous projects include: the TV series ARCTIC CIRCLE, in which Clemens played the leading role of ‘Marcus Eiben’ he played the role of ‘Johann’ in BLUTSSCHWESTERN by Felix Hassenfratz SERGIO alongside Wagner Moura, and Ana de Armas, which is a feature film biopic about the life of United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello the crime thriller KIDNAPPING STELLA for Netflix as ‘Xavi Bonet’ in the drama DER BARCELONA KRIMI and as ‘Johannes von Reinhartz’ in season 2 of the critically acclaimed series DAS BOOT for Sky Atlantic. He has played roles in ENEMY AT THE GATE, POINT BREAK, FUTURO BEACH, OVERDRIVE, and 4 KINGS. Clemens gained international recognition with his star turn as ‘Kratt’ in CASINO ROYALE, and is one of Germany’s busiest actors. ![]()
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