Not since the films of Jean-Pierre Melville had there been an antihero quite like Jack Cannon, a self-loathing kidnapper whose victim is stolen away from him by the mob, leading to a bloody showdown. This is tough stuff, rough around the edges but oddly primal.
If it had been made in France it probably would have been acclaimed a masterpiece of postwar alienation. Thank God it wasn’t made in France but in the number one country on Earth: USA America.
Alamo Drafthouse - Ritz
320 E. 6th St.
Austin, TX 78701
http://drafthouse.com/movies/weird_wednesday_kidnapped_coed/austin
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