This film tells the true story of Tiffany Merle Rubin, whose child Kobe was kidnapped by her ex-husband, Jeffrey ("Jeff") Lee and taken to South Korea, where Mr. Lee was able to convince the authorities that Tiffany was an unfit mother. He thereby avoided extradition. The drama focuses on Tiffany's effort to regain her son.
A problem of the film was the slow pacing. It was as if the filmmakers had difficulty in stringing along a screenplay for ninety minutes, resulting in too much padding of the plot.
Far too much time was spent in learning about Tiffany's past in which her mother was very strict in keeping her ex-husband away from little Tiffany. As a result, Tiffany has now overcompensated by being too generous and trusting of her predatory ex-husband.
Another long stretch of the midsection of the film included discussions with her new husband Chris about whether or not he loves Kobe in the same way as a birth father and whether or not Chris should accompany Tiffany to Korea to snatch the kid back from Jeff Lee.
As it turned out, Tiffany takes along a nice bounty hunter named Mark Miller and played by the actor with big smile who starred in "The Stepfather" horror films. Tiffany and Mark make good tag-team partners as they have skillfully located little Kobe's school, snatch him, race to the American consulate for a passport for the boy, then make a mad dash for the airport. The reluctant Kobe is dressed in pink and wears a girl's wig as part of the master plan for escape.
Taraji P. Henson is good in the role of Tiffany Rubin. The film tells an important story about the 1,621 kids who are snatched and held against their will in foreign countries, victims of kidnapping by family members. Mr. Lee was eventually apprehended in Guam and convicted on kidnapping charges.
A problem of the film was the slow pacing. It was as if the filmmakers had difficulty in stringing along a screenplay for ninety minutes, resulting in too much padding of the plot.
Far too much time was spent in learning about Tiffany's past in which her mother was very strict in keeping her ex-husband away from little Tiffany. As a result, Tiffany has now overcompensated by being too generous and trusting of her predatory ex-husband.
Another long stretch of the midsection of the film included discussions with her new husband Chris about whether or not he loves Kobe in the same way as a birth father and whether or not Chris should accompany Tiffany to Korea to snatch the kid back from Jeff Lee.
As it turned out, Tiffany takes along a nice bounty hunter named Mark Miller and played by the actor with big smile who starred in "The Stepfather" horror films. Tiffany and Mark make good tag-team partners as they have skillfully located little Kobe's school, snatch him, race to the American consulate for a passport for the boy, then make a mad dash for the airport. The reluctant Kobe is dressed in pink and wears a girl's wig as part of the master plan for escape.
Taraji P. Henson is good in the role of Tiffany Rubin. The film tells an important story about the 1,621 kids who are snatched and held against their will in foreign countries, victims of kidnapping by family members. Mr. Lee was eventually apprehended in Guam and convicted on kidnapping charges.
