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This was a subtitled French thriller which WAS very thrilling and suspenseful. Also i appreciated that the english words were in bright white letters and large type so it was very easy to read.

A chairman and majority stock-holder of a financial group who had ties to government and big businesses was kidnapped. The ransom was 50 million euros. During many discussions between his family and the police and his fellow board members it was discovered that he was a womanizer, gambler, cheat; had many hidden accounts that he would draw on for his casino trips and gifts to his many women (he of course was married with 2 teenage girls.)

and this resulted in an on-going debate over just who wanted him back enough to front all this money since the people in his life were gradually becoming aware of his 'other side' and many of them didn't particularly want him surfacing again. His wife was disgusted and talking divorce, his mother was ashamed, his partners felt he had irrevocably sullied the name of the company and added to this was the fact that 20 million euros was the most money they could come up with.

The tension over the kidnappee's continuing dishonesties was interspersed with scenes of his kidnappers and his captivity. I don't want to give away the ending because it was surprising and just perfect.

We had never seen a kidnapping movie from this perspective.
I gave it an 8.5 and Bill gave it a 8.