{"id":471911,"date":"2022-07-08T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-take-the-night-review-this-kidnapping-is-no-joke\/"},"modified":"2022-07-08T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:00:02","slug":"watch-take-the-night-review-this-kidnapping-is-no-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-take-the-night-review-this-kidnapping-is-no-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Take the Night&#8217; Review: This Kidnapping Is No Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3710d1eae96\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3710d1eae96\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-take-the-night-review-this-kidnapping-is-no-joke\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Take_the_Night_Review_This_Kidnapping_Is_No_Joke%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Take the Night&#8217; Review: This Kidnapping Is No Joke&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-take-the-night-review-this-kidnapping-is-no-joke\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Take_the_Night_Review_This_Kidnapping_Is_No_Joke%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Take the Night&#8217; Review: This Kidnapping Is No Joke&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Take_the_Night_Review_This_Kidnapping_Is_No_Joke%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Take the Night&#8217; Review: This Kidnapping Is No Joke&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Take_the_Night_Review_This_Kidnapping_Is_No_Joke%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Take the Night&#8217; Review: This Kidnapping Is No Joke&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        \u201cPrank kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing\u201d is one of those concepts so inherently alarm-triggering, one fully expects the phrase to be followed by \u201cgone wrong\u201d \u2014 which indeed is the case in \u201cTake the Night,\u201d a first feature for writer-director-producer-star Seth McTigue. This solid little thriller does a good job balancing character drama and suspense elements, its smooth craftsmanship belying the creator\u2019s newbie status in multiple creative roles. Saban Films is opening the film on seven U.S. screens July 8, though it\u2019s more likely to find its audience via release to digital and on demand platforms on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>A prologue introduces Robert Chang (Sami Li), a serious-minded youth who\u2019s the new CEO of multinational corporation Chang Import following his father\u2019s death. That promotion is a notable sore spot for older brother William (Roy Huang), who was pointedly passed over \u2014 and one can see why, since he\u2019s bratty and irresponsible, as well as resentful. Thus we im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely suspect this sibling rivalry is at play when Robert gets roughly abducted by masked men as he walks to his car in the parking garage after work one night.<\/p>\n<p>The film then rewinds a few days to explain how things got to this point. William, in fact, hired men to pose as thugs for a fake kidnapping he somehow thinks will be a funny way to kickstart the surprise party for Robert\u2019s 25th birthday. But those men intend to take their roles more seriously than he\u2019d planned, as they\u2019ve realized they\u2019re dealing with a wealthy target with a crypto fortune, and some among them are in dire need of funds.<\/p>\n<p>The Changs\u2019 quarrelsome dynamic is echoed by that between Chad (McTique), a PTSD-afflicted war veteran, and his aggravatingly immature, impulsive brother, Todd (Brennan Keel Cook). Both sets of siblings are haunted by the shadow of an overbearing, recently deceased father who exacerbated their differences by treating them unequally.<\/p>\n<p>This second, downscale duo, still living together in the family home (as the Changs do in their mansion), accept the mean-spirited \u201cprank\u201d gig in conjunction with two longtime neighborhood friends, mute Justin (Antonio Aaron) and onetime pro basketball prospect Shannon (Shomari Love). All four men\u2019s participation was orchestrated by the Changs\u2019 secretary Melissa (Grace Serrano), who has her own reasons for turning a practical joke into a high-stakes heist, though we don\u2019t fully suss those for a while.<\/p>\n<p>That background established, after roughly half an hour we return to the moment of Robert\u2019s being unceremoniously stuffed in a car trunk by strangers. But what ensues does not go according to plan \u2014 anybody\u2019s plan, as indeed we soon grasp there are several conflicting ones in play here.<\/p>\n<p>McTigue\u2019s script is sufficiently twisty and tight enough to maintain interest, despite the fact that there\u2019s relatively little of the violent action one at first expects. Instead, his focus is on gradually revealing the complexities of need among various protagonists in a narrative that finally makes another time leap to reveal some longer-term consequences (and a few remaining narrative surprises).<\/p>\n<p>If \u201cTake the Night\u201d doesn\u2019t quite have the depth and scope to fully pull off the deeper emotional resonances it aims for, it nonetheless has a thematic agenda admirably more ambitious than most such crime capers. It\u2019s successful enough in dramatic terms to compel primarily on that level, with a sound cast rising to the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Tension and thrills are less germane, though there there are decent, sometimes vaguely noirish atmospherics afforded by DP Rainer Lipski\u2019s widescreen lensing and Julian Brown\u2019s production design. They adequately pull off a New York City-set story that was actually shot in Los Angeles, while editor Todd McTigue\u2019s pacing is airtight. Jonas Wikstrand\u2019s original score does a nice job underpinning the story\u2019s tonal mix of criminal intrigue, mystery, discordant relationships and hidden sentimental loyalties.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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