The Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Trailer Is Straight Up Anthony Hopkins Greatness — cinemablend.com

What a gem he is. Up until Anthony Hopkins' arrival, Kidnapping Freddy Heineken looked like a pretty run of the mill thriller, but The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest director Daniel Alfredson appears to have provided some great frenetic energy to the piece - and he especially looks to have handled the kidnapping sequences with aplomb. While Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess and Ryan Kwanten look adequate in their parts, though, it's the emergence of Anthony Hopkins as Freddy Heineken that truly brought an edge to the clip. The Oscar winning Silence Of The Lambs star goes from being frail to tough and then conniving in a flash and with ease - and you can’t help but be terrified by him, even though he is chained up in a room. Whether he will actually be able to truly cover any flaws with the rest of the film with his acting prowess remains to be seen. But I’m currently very hopeful that the film will prosper.

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