New Horror/ Thriller flick The Disappearance Of Alice Creed is an example of British horror at its best. Recruiting the hottest in UK talent with Bond girl turned scream queen Gemma Arterton leading the way on a dark and twisted tale of revenge, repression and greed. When Alice Creed is kidnapped she is put at the mercy of two men filled with hate towards her, one nervy, one vicious, a simple plan to extract money goes horrifically wrong.
Synopsis:
On a suburban street, two masked men seize a young woman. They bind and gag her and take her to an abandoned, soundproofed apartment. She is Alice Creed, daughter of a millionaire. Her kidnappers, the coldly efficient Vic and his younger accomplice Danny, have worked out a meticulous plan. But Alice is not going to play the perfect victim – she’s not giving in without a fight. In a tense power-play of greed, duplicity and survival we discover that sometimes disappearances can be deceptive…
J Blakeson’s directorial debut THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED will be released in the UK by CinemaNX on 30 April 2010.
I saw this at the London Film festival – excellent, definitely one of the highlights. I haven’t been so tense whilst wathcing a film for bloody ages!!