Disappearance Of Alice Creed, The

The British thriller "The Disappearance Of Alice Creed" chronicles two masked men who seize a young woman on a suburban street. They bind and gag her and take her to an abandoned soundproofed apartment. She is Alice Creed (Arterton), daughter of a millionaire. Her kidnappers, the coldly efficient Vic (Marsan) and his younger accomplice Danny (Compston), have worked out a meticulous plan. But Alice is not going to lay the perfect victim—she isn't about to let her captors use her as capital without a fight. Alice enters into a battle of wills, which strains the already fractious relationship between the two men. As the deadline for the exchange draws nearer, all three are brought close to the breaking point, with Vic and Danny's foolproof plan descending into a desperate struggle for survival. In a tense power play of greed, duplicity, and survival we discover that sometimes disappearances can be deceptive, and even the most meticulous plans can go awry if you don't choose your victim wisely. (Gary Reber)