Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30445 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-14
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen, Subtitled, Dolby, Digital Sound
• Original language: English, Italian
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 527 minutes

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Full of drama, suspense, and action, Kidnapped has all the makings of a taut whodunit. When the teenage son of a wealthy family is kidnapped, Conrad (Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People) and Ellie Cain (Dana Delaney, China Beach) hire a renegade investigator named Knapp (Jeremy Sisto, Six Feet Under) to get their child back. Knapp is abrasive and not at all concerned with breaking the law as long as he is able to save the victim. Still, he could work on his people skills. As one old woman asks, as he bullies his way into her house, "What kind of name is Knapp?" She's got a point. Unless you're famous, announcing yourself simply by your last name is pretty pretentious. All 13 episodes of this NBC series--which aired during the 2006-2007 season--are included on this three-disc DVD set. And unlike many shows that are canceled within a year, Kidnapped offers viewers closure and a finite ending.

While the first few episodes dealing with the kidnapping are gripping, the show layers on some sub-plots that fail. Is Ellie having an affair with a prominent politician? Did Conrad kill his ex-mistress? Neither character is particularly likeable, so the viewer doesn't really care. Hutton, who is superb in so many other projects, never rings true here. Speaking in a tough guy accent (when he remembers), his character is never convincing as a boy from the wrong side of the tracks who made good. And Delaney is never quite believable as an uptown girl who doesn't get particularly flustered when she has to protect herself from an assailant. (Explaining her ease handling weapons, Ellie says, "I know how to shoot a gun. My father's a Republican"). Other characters get to delivery clunky lines as well. When FBI agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo, Get Shorty) is asked if he thinks there's a leak in the office, he knowingly says, "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..." Like ABC's Murder One, Kidnapped asks a lot of its viewers to have patience and watch a drama unfold over a series of several months. The problem is that, unlike Murder One, the plot here isn't nearly convincing enough to warrant the wait. --Jae-Ha Kim

Synopsis
When their teenage son is kidnapped and his bodyguard (Mykelti Williamson) is left for dead, the Cains (Timothy Hutton and Dana Delaney) go beyond the law to rescue their son. They call upon Knapp (Jeremy Sisto), an expert in kidnapping and helping the victims' families. Two FBI agents join the desperate search as everyone tries to save the Cains' son. Kidnapped also stars Delroy Lindo, Linus Roach, and Carmen Ejogo. Features all the episodes from the first series.

Customer Reviews

Great show!
Give this show a chance.
It has great actors and an intricate and exciting plot full of characters that are not what they seem.
As in "Damages", you don't always know who to trust.
It's one riveting story over the course of a season, neatly wrapped up at the end.

A damn shame!
Look, I watch a lot of TV but I am seriously selective in what I watch. I teach film and television studies for a living, so I guess you could say that I am rather critical about what constitutes a quality TV show. I am not going to go into detail here about what makes Kidnapped so great in terms of its technical and thematic qualities. I simply discovered Kidnapped by accident. But when such a fantastic television program is taken from the air way before its time, it really frustrates me. Kidnapped is entertaining, fast paced action that is well cast and performed. Simple as that. You will love it! It deserved at least a second season.

OK TV show - but pretty low quality
When the teenage son of a wealthy Upper East Side family is kidnapped, the seemingly idyllic existence of the Cain family is shattered and everyone is a suspect. Featuring Timothy Hutton, Jeremy Sisto and Delroy Lindo in this complete 13 episode box set. Compared to current US shows, this is pretty low end. Suggest you buy 24 or Lost instead.