Father Hood

The kidnapper ( video and television titles kidnapper ) is an American feature from director Darrell Roodt from the year 1993. Patrick Swayze played the lead role.

Action

The small-time crook Jack Charles is suddenly confronted with his daughter Kelly, who escaped the orphanage. This tells him of dire conditions in the children's home: Children were beaten for every little thing and even handcuffed. Jack then kidnapped his son as he was about to be transferred to the children's home and takes refuge with two children. He is now wanted by the police as kidnappers.

It also appears an article with photo of him in the newspaper, in which he is represented as a felon. Jack gets angry at the Los Angeles-based reporter Kathleen Mercer, who had written the article. He demanded of her, a clarification of the article and is also of the opinion that he only saved his own children from intolerable conditions in the children's home. The reporter tells him that she has long been the director of the children's home was on the track and wanted to make the conditions in the home public. You may, however, consult any minors as a reporter and therefore needs help from Jack: He should consult his children according to the conditions in the home and provide them with information ...

Reviews

  • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, the movie would be awesome. He particularly praised Halle Berry, potentially one of the " hottest " actors in Hollywood is ( " Berry is Potentially one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood right now" ), and Diane Ladd. The representation of Patrick Swayze, he criticized.
  • James Berardinelli described the film as a " miss" ( " mistake" ). The representation of Patrick Swayze he found after his disappointing performance in City of Joy (City of Joy). Berardinelli praised Sabrina Lloyd.
  • Rita Kempley characterized the film in the Washington Post as a drama that wants to be a comedy.
1993 in film Screenplay Nicholas Pileggi Film score Chicago Sun-Times
230468
de