Review by Gary Tooze

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Description: Nominated for four Cesar Awards (including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor), Lucas Belvaux's edge-of-your-seat thriller - inspired by the 1978 kidnapping of French industrialist Edouard-Jean Empain - features a career-defining performance by Yvan Attal (Munich, Rush Hour 3) as a millionaire playboy who is abducted and held for ransom for 60 days.

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On a morning like any other a powerful business man, Stanislas Graff, is kidnapped outside his luxurious apartment building... by a gang of thugs. From there begins a terrifying ordeal that will last for several weeks. Despite being tortured and humiliated Graff resists his captors. He accepts his fate without complaint. Cut off from the world, receiving only glimpses of information from his captors, Graff fails to understand why nobody is willing to pay the ransom. Outside, his world is falling to pieces as details of his personal life are revealed -- exposed by the police investigation and media frenzy. Friends and family discover that the real Stanislas Graff may not be the man they thought they knew.

 

 

The Film:

Excerpt from Mark Feeney at Boston.com located HERE

Image :    NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

Rapt appears pretty solid on Blu-ray from Lorber Films.  There is strong contrast and detail. The many low lit scenes produce a small amount of noise.  This is dual-layered with a high bitrate. Colors seem un-manipulated and there is a slight blue bias. This Blu-ray seems to be doing its job although the film is not generous with impressive visuals.  I expect this looks like Rapt - without augmenting the visuals and producing major digital flaws. It should provide a reasonable and consistent presentation.

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The Blu-ray support the film with a solid DTS-HD Master 5.1 track at 3369. There are some potently allocated separations and Riccardo Del Fra's score bounces the film from one action/chase-sequence to the next. Depth is exported when called upon and the higher-end is crisp. There are optional subtitles and my Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked although the French/Belgian film is available in 1080P in European countries as well.

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BOTTOM LINE:
Rapt doesn't have the most dynamic pace but once you are involved in the film - it suffices with some additional intrigue. I think it is definitely worth watching with some important layers that benefit the plot. This is no masterpiece but has a sufficed entertainment-quotient to encourage a Blu-ray viewing. It seems pricey at the moment but those keen enough to indulge probably won't be disappointed in the evenings Home Theater viewing. 

Gary Tooze

December 2nd, 2011