The Film Factory

Release Date:

02.10.2006

Director:

Jonathan Jakubowicz

Stars:

Mia Maestro, Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera, Jean Paul Leroux, Ruben Blades

Secuestro Express -- quick kidnappings perpetrated by small groups of organized thugs who randomly choose their victims from among the upper class. The abduction usually lasts several hours, or as long as it takes for the kidnappers to extort money from the victims' family. The ransom is "reasonable", money the family is most likely to pay without ever involving the authorities.

The success of the secuestro express in recent years has made it a thriving and profitable business in Latin America. Secuestro Express is the frightening story of one young couple's nightmare as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela, in the hands of three thugs who've made them their latest payday. Carla (Mia Maestro) and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux), are a young upper-class couple fresh off of a night of dancing and partying when they cross paths with Trece (Carlos Molina), Budu (Pedro Perez) and Niga (Carlos Madera), three men who make their living by kidnapping unwitting young adults to extort quick money from their wealthy parents. Carla and Martin become the next victims and are sent on a terrifying overnight journey through Caracas as they wait for Carla's father Sergio (Ruben Blades) to hand over twenty thousand dollars- a small amount for a rich Caraqueno, but the equivalent of almost 5 years of the Venezuelan minimum wage.

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