The story is half prejudice half evil and the woman is like batman without the cape. She does serious damage like the poor woman version of Jack Ryan. Just as believable, when you think about it. Haha! Crazy ride.
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sergelamarche1 December 2021
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amardikanto24 September 2016I like it when the villains mess with a wrong person, in this case, the person is a very tough mom. Surprisingly she fights back- real hard!.. and that is not the only surprise the movie gives me. The action is great, I was taken into the ride of a mother trying her best in finding her daughter, leaving me with questions like: should she do this or that? It is like "Taken" in different package, with sudden violence to the bad guys, but unfortunately with lower quality, I'd say.
The story is interesting, with political intrigue and all. I am annoyed by the way the scenes are taken by the camera (shooting style of the camera?), for me it's too dramatic. The movie has a quite interesting twist at the end.
Plus point: the setting is in Marrakech, Morocco. I find the place very interesting. -
koconnell-3721213 May 2019The acting isn't fabulous, but it's not terrible either. The story line is good, but maybe not put together as well as it could be. The second scene is pretty nebulous. Then, seriously, what mother takes a newborn on vacation into the middle east. Some of the connections are really big jumps. But the action is good and watching a vulnerable, but strong female character kick ass is always fun. There are secondary female characters who kick ass in their own way. In the end it all comes together for a satisfying thrill ride and what's not to love about that.
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E73VEN27 January 2018A new mother that obviously has some medical issues, goes on holiday alone to a Muslim country. It looks like a cheap holiday, based on the taxi used. The troubles start from there... Who does that?!!!!
The plot has holes the size of the ones in the ozone layer!
I only watched it because the chase was mildly entertaining and wanted to see how more messy the plot would get.
The acting is not great, direction is ok, but hard to work with this story line! The only really bad movie I watched to the end. Straight to video trash - in this case, dumped on Netflix, who are not doing themselves a favour, having crap like this on their list. -
bernaakpinar22 May 2016I will try to explain without giving major spoilers of the film. But this review might contain a few hints about some scenes.
The film first looks that it is very typical kidnap story. But then after the big event you understand that there is something different going on. It is not a typical police and victim co-operation scenario on the contrary there are lots of conflicts which makes the scenes unpredictable and worthy to watch.
Also you can really feel the power and determination of a mother who is racing against time almost without any help. Also the performance of Angela Dixon is worthy of respect! -
rhefner200220 March 2021A woman (the mistress of a married American politician who has had his baby) needs some vacation time while he's campaigning and figuring out how to tell his wife. She chooses a very restful place for her vacation: Morocco, where there are apparently kidnapers on every street corner. Her baby is stolen while she's on the beach, and she suddenly turns into Wonder Woman, leaping off of buildings, eluding the cops, and knocking our 4-5 armed people at a time with martial arts moves. Turns out she's some kind of U.S. special ops agent. If it sounds to you like a lame female version of "Taken", you would be right. If it sounds ridiculous to you, you would also be right. If it sounds to you like it might suck......You're right again! Now, you don't have to waste your time watching it! Two stars because the writers threw in some twists and turns, but they're not enough to salvage this mess.
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rbrb6 August 2017An entertaining action thriller flick worth a look on DVD!
A mum with her baby visits a foreign land. When on the beach her baby is kidnapped which is unlucky. What is lucky is that our mum is a mix of super woman, wonder woman and atomic blond rolled into one.
All the females in the picture are angels, yet mostly all the males are demons. That aside there is plenty of action including this wonder woman running through market streets, climbing all over the place plus her complicated life and relationships intersperse the often fast and furious drama.
She will never give up trying to find her baby; but will she succeed in getting the child back?!
Worthy of a 6 and a half rounded up so:
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adenandrews-6675431 March 2019Like watching a 50 year old lady with a navel ring use karate and get exhausted often while in pursuit? This IS your movie! Could had been an amazing movie, but hey! At least they tried! Over acting. I mean, she sat down to slide 3 ft down a rock and then stood back up to run. Why?
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rajaskrishnaswamy18 April 2021If you are ready to send your mind on a holiday and then watch this movie, you will find it quite a gripping tale. It is set in an Arabic ghetto, where an infant gets kidnapped by an international baby trafficking mafia. How the mother persists against severe odds to recover her child is an edge of the seat, thrill a minute action packed adventure. Acting, direction, editing and photography are excellent. On the flip side, some gaping holes in the story 1) choice of vacation spot and choice of hotel 2) a senior us politician can raise campaign funds from within us criminals rather than depend on Middle Eastern criminals.
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vincenthfalk8 April 2019Where to start? Used the 10 sec skip button frequently and didn't use it nearly enough. The lead is ineffective at conveying any true emotion and kills/maims anyone who gets in her way. Suspend your disbelief. No one can stop her. She runs forever barefooted, climbs walls like she's an expert rock climber, pulls 160 lb man out of a car window, jumps 15 feet or so off a building and barely breaks her stride, gets pierced in the side, gouged in the arm and smacked around and would still be able to take on Jason Bourne. Mind you, this is all within a few months of having a bab, too. And we never find out how she can do all this stuff. The "surprise" in the movie - isn't a surprise at all. I had zero invested in what happened. Dumb and boring despite the random, lame, poorly shot action scenes. Just awful and often laughable due to the bad acting.
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I had been invited to the London premiere of Never Let Go, a film that had been making some noises on the Indy scene for a couple of years. Sadly I was out of the country so had to miss the screening but caught up on it with a DVD purchase. Indy films of this nature are often a risk, but this one really delivered and much credit must go to the Writer / Director Howard J. Ford and his leading lady Angela Dixon. Dixon plays Lisa Brennan and ex intelligence / Security operative, whom, following an affair with an American Senator who looks to have a good run to the Whitehouse, has just had a baby with. Depressed and needing a break she travels to Morrocco with her young child and finds herself falling foul of traffickers whom steal her baby. From there its a race against time to get her back before she disappears for ever.
Never Let Go is an extremely well made the film. The lingering organic nature of the photography always implies that a darkness lurks beyond the facade of every door and alleyway, while the cast all fulfil their roles with great enthusiasm. The film really anchors on the performance of the leading lady and relative unknown Angela Dixon who does an excellent job here. Playing her role with conviction and making her character credible which would have faltered in the hands of a weaker actress. It's not often you see a film like this with a strong female protagonist in her 40s and that is entirely in the films favour. There is nice support from Heather Pace, (You may recall her from London's Burning) playing a work colleague trying to assist her friend from afar back home and the local sympathetic lone female police officer, (Played by Sanita Simms) does well to stand out and make an emotive presence despite having very little dialogue, proving once again that a part is never about the number of lines you have. The film is not perfect and at times plausibility is pushed to the limits (Though not as far as in Taken 2, so this can be easily forgiven) and some of the fight choreography felt adequate rather than accomplished and clumsy in places, while the villains were a little one dimensional and at times I found myself wanting to know more about them but this is not a film about the bad guys it's about a mother's desperation to rescue her child at any cost. Despite these minor niggles I was thoroughly engaged through out and the film moves along at a cracking pace. To have shot the film for a budget of around 150K is nothing short of incredible and an impressive achievement. Watch it with an open mind and I think you will not be disappointed. I am certain we will see more of Angela Dixon after this movie. -
pshea11285 November 2017The movie starts out with a married Republican Congressional candidate running for office who has a newborn child with a former staffer. That was the first sign the movie was losing credibility right away. A Democratic candidate would have reflected reality. The fact the writers made a point of making the politician a Republican at the outset of the movie was a dead giveaway and spoiler alert. From that point forward, it was clear the politician was going to be the bad guy in the end. Hollywood's compulsion to make movies that are anti-conservative took precedence over trying to keep the viewer guessing. The second implausible parts of the movie included a female Muslim as a police officer in an un-named Arab country who helped the American female (Angela Dixon) retrieve her newborn in an Arab country. It's amazing how 2 unnecessary, blatant falsehoods can ruin an otherwise pretty decent action-packed movie. Then again, it's consistent with why Hollywood is turning out flops at every turn.
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I never write reviews here, bur this time my indignation has pushed me to do it. This film is rubbish, and all of these reviews must have been written by friends and family of the cast of this terrible mess. It's a ridiculous plot that must have been written in the back of an envelope after a few beers. The acting is painful to watch, the action scenes are amateurish at best and the script is full of cliches and makes no sense. There's a lot of crap films like this out there, the annoying thing is that the perpetrators get away with publishing all of these glowing reviews on IMDB. I normally trust reviews on this site, but it looks like I need to be more careful.
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Migano200024 May 2021How did this win an award???? The main actress can't act, absolutely hopeless. The camera work is laughable, the supporting actors are just as bad, if not worse, than the main woman.
I cannot stress enough, DO NOT WATCH THIS GUFF.
I can only conclude that the positive reviews are from friends and family as this is a honking pile of drivel. -
curtisf529 June 2020I found it very riveting from start to finish. Unfortunately children from infacy to young girls ar kidnapped everyday. The writer was knowledgeable enough to point that whoever was doing the kidnapping was from a border country. I don't think that matters in the least in the end. They did overdo the action stuff and heralmost superhuman strength but I didn't mind after I became immersed in the movie.
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varangian-6607215 November 2019The acting is like in primary school drama class, brainless story, naive plots... most frustrating are racial prejudices... an absolute monstrosity from half-witted director.
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hopkinsalix25 April 2019Terrible acting & crap story. How this film won any awards is beyond me. So stupid.
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artur-0615828 May 2021Not worth watching. Very low budget movie. Unbelievable.
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nogodnomasters22 July 2017Single mom and former FBI agent Lisa Brennan (Angela Dixon) opts to take a vacation to relieve some stress in Morocco with her baby. The film opens with a story about child abduction so as we watch the film, we know it is only a matter of time...say 15 minutes. Lisa uses her training to follow the kidnappers taking out a few people along the way, going Liam Neeson all over everyone, making her wanted by local authorities who she may have "Liam-ed" a bit.
The film was classic formula writing and is a me-too type of kidnapping rescue film except it involves a strong female lead. Dixon gives us a credible performance in a not too credible script. We really get the gut feeling of a determined mom.
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darronboden27 November 2020What can I say, for someone with a special set of skills she runs like an egg whisk and appears to be able to outsmart everyone. Holds her palm up and puts two fingers up against it and knows exactly which way is north. A really crap remake of taken.....should be called taken...the piss
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achraflilal29 December 2020Who the hell made this absolutely uninspired, boring acting terribly bad movie ??? The most boring and bad movie in the world. Stories which are based on real events could be also presented in a better way. Scenes that were shot in Spain and shown as if it's Marrakech! Actors who are not Moroccan and speak anything but not Moroccan (very annoying and sucks for people who understand Arabic or Moroccan). the dialogues are horrific, unfortunately very disappointing !!!
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peter-karin1 July 2021This is an aceptable action movie, not a big block buster. It has some great movements.
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The premise of the plot for "Never Let Go" is intriguing and a good story, but the overall execution is poor. The buildup is very long and repetitive, seeming to come from a need to fill the time and make it a full feature length film.
Setting a couple plot holes aside, this movie was entertaining, although restrained by the mediocre acting by almost everyone in the film. Angela Dixon can't seem to decide what mood she is in, or how to communicate effectively in times of crisis. She has an accent that seems to come and go, and is very distracting, along with many quirky mannerisms and an overall unbelievable character (particularly considering the character's background that is never completely revealeed). It appears not enough research was given to the professions of the characters, the most obvious example being that people from the main characters assumed background do not speak in the manner she does.
The climax of the film is a big let down, and your typical happy feeling ending. The film was just engaging enough to keep me watching to the end, and was entertaining, but just left me with an overall feeling of "meh." -
Don't even bother watching this steaming pile of dogs**t! I tried to make it to the end, just to see if maybe it had any redeeming quality at all, but NO it doesn't. The acting is horribly stereotypical and really just bad overall. Plot has so many holes that it looks like a wiffle ball. The protagonist is just a very poor attempt at making a woman into a young Liam Neeson or James Bond. It just doesn't work for me. Way too many goofs and blunders can be attributed to poor script writer. There's simply not any credibility to anything about this whole mess that is laughingly call a movie. Any good reviews of this crap are likely written by friends and family members of the so-called star. Please take my advice, don't even bother unless you are so bored that you are willing to endure the pain of seeing this crap.
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Well, all i have to say is wow, i really love the film, i was on the edge of my seat all the way through the film. i think the direction of the film was brilliant Howard did the best he could to bring out the best he could with the film. Angela was perfect for the role, really delivered the character to her depths with a sublime performance.
one thing i loved about the film a'lot is the story line was brilliant, a mother figure fights to get her child back, if there's one thing i find so annoying about films is when a woman who is a bad ass, a strong minded woman, fighting for survival, it is all then taken away because it ends up becoming a male (lover) that she is fighting for and her drive, fight to survive and live for. and for once it was not about this. she is a mother, who is trying to be a hero for her child, and it was brilliant.
Brilliant job from everyone involved.