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Stephen Holden, New York Times: Starting as a coldly realistic thriller, this film eventually loses its bearings as the director Miguel Angel Vivas succumbs to a fit of nihilism, transforming "Kidnapped" into gruesome tit-for-tat torture porn. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: While Kidnapped doesn't add anything substantially new to the tradition, Vivas hits his marks with ruthless efficiency. Read more
William Goss, Film.com: Survival horror has rarely been approached so sparingly and yet, for all there is to admire... the initial sense of potential suspense gives way to the creeping contempt of familiarity. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Gripping but grueling, this Spanish debut feature scores on technical prowess but its nihilistic viciousness is hard to take. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: My eyes never left the screen and my attention never wandered; in a restricted, technical sense of the term, "Kidnapped" is a masterpiece. Read more
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: As most of Kidnapped is devoted to watching people in extreme duress, leaving room for little else, it follows that the film exists solely to be "intense." Read more