Release Date: March 15, 2011
Rating: NR
Running Time: 86 minutes

Every second counts in URGENCY, a breathless thriller starring Brian Austin Green (“Beverly Hills, 90210”, “Desperate Housewives”), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) and Scott William Winters ( “Oz”, Good Will Hunting). Following in the white-knuckle footsteps of the explosive From Paris With Love and Edge of Darkness, this gripping action flick from director Kantz (Love and a Bullet, Wasteland ) arrives on DVD this March…only from Entertainment One

Tony West (Austin Green) is a successful pharmaceutical executive living in LA with his loving wife (Luciana Carro, “Battlestar Galactica”, Blades of Glory). But after a day of tense negotiations, he comes home to find his wife kidnapped, with the kidnappers demanding a $50,000 ransom within 90 minutes or they’ll kill her. Armed with only his wits and his cell phone, he has no choice but to comply. Soon, he realizes that this kidnapping is tied to information that he possesses, and people he knows are willing to kill him to get it. Finally, as Tony unravels the mystery behind his wife’s abduction, he learns that the kidnappers are after more than just money.

Urgency does not have the most original premise or twists and turns, but if you enjoy watching a man fight for the woman he loves after she has been kidnapped, here is another film for you! After forgetting about his wedding anniversary and giving up on waiting for his home computer to reboot after a file has corrupted it, Anthony West heads to work on the day of a big pharmaceutical deal. When he finally remembers his anniversary, typically thanks to his assistant, he heads home only to find a ransom message waiting on his voice mail.

With the help of his assistant, neighbor, and boss, Tony gathers the $50,000 ransom money along with a wave of pieces to the puzzle of what turns out to be a corporate crime. Probably one of the reasons why this type of story weighs so much is because what the thieves are after can save lives…which means it’s worth billions of dollars. Who knew that some people in the pharmaceutical field were really in it for just the money? That is low. This might not be a high budget film, but it is a film that causes the viewers to think about the morality and honesty in one’s position and of course how evil the love for money really can be. Predictable stories especially have something significant worth pondering about at its core.

Now at some points the acting from the supporting characters is not top notch but a good story is told through Brian Austin Green, so it makes it worth watching. The music choices were interesting as well. I can understand the idea, but it comes off very corny. And the cinematography is great, though the directing is a bit shaky at times. But at the end of the film, I was overall quite satisfied with the finished product. If you are a Brian Austin Green fan, or like these types of films, you can’t be disappointed.

There are no bonus features on this DVD.

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