Reclaim

RECLAIM is a totally routine movie that tries to combine a message about trafficked children with a lowbrow thriller about loved ones going missing in a foreign country. This fear has been better handled in better movies; meanwhile, Reclaim requires all of its characters to be completely dumb -- or at least very slow on the draw (even though the main characters reassure themselves that they're smart). For example, a trip to the bank to pick up the ransom money goes laughably wrong as both the good guys and bad guys try to outwit each other, with increasingly idiotic moves.

And then there's the fact that it takes Shannon more than a day to figure out how to escape the kitchen in which she's held hostage. The endless chase scenes are equally uninspired and illogical, but at least Nina is kept mostly safe. Cusack sometimes seems to be having fun playing the bad guy, but other times he just appears to be collecting a paycheck. Supporting cast members Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman are fun, but they only appear in a couple of scenes each.