Written and directed by Dan Clark (How Not To Live Your Life), A Kind of Kidnapping is a blackly comic British thriller
in which a desperate young couple abduct Richard Hardy, an unpopular
politician. When nobody is willing to pay the ransom, Hardy convinces the
couple to continue to keep him hostage in the hopes it will rehabilitate his
public image.
The film stars Patrick Baladi, Kelly Wenham, Jack Parry-Jones and
Olivia Poulet.
A Kind of Kidnapping is in UK cinemas from July 13th with
cast and crew Q+As, followed by a VOD release on July 24th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
A KIND OF KIDNAPPING is the story of 30-something couple Maggie and Brian who, both struggling to get by, decide to kidnap London politician, Richard Hardy. Sadly no one wants to pay the ransom but just before they let Hardy go he wonders if he might be able to spin the situation to his advantage if they continue to keep him hostage. Why? Well, he’s never had better PR than this and he believes the sympathy vote will help with his campaign to one day become Prime Minister. What follows is a series of lies, double crossing and even murder, in this taught, darkly comic thriller.