The Disappearance of Alice Creed (J. Blakeson, 2009)

A bigwig's dollybird daughter is kidnapped by two bunglers and taken to a safehouse in a nondescript part of England...hold on, isn't this The Cottage? Where's Andy Serkis as the snarling one in charge? Oh, it's Eddie Marsan. Same difference. Gemma Arterton is perhaps an upgrade on Jennifer Ellison, but this is splitting hairs.
To be fair, The Disappearance of Alice Creed eschews making an outright comedy out of the set-up like the previous year's effort did, with its bludgeoning attempt at wresting guffaws out of grand guignol best forgotten by all involved. Instead of that we get a backstabbing love triangle of sorts, and a modicum of tension as the accompaniment. True, most of the credit is probably down to the editor, but at least it's not embarrassing.

5/10