Anna makes some extreme requests. Gene Handsome is an LA homicide detective who tries to make sense of his life as he solves crime. "Take Me" is an enjoyable film, mainly for the first 30 minutes of it, after the cat-and-mouse game finishes you will want it to finish itself altogether.It's a good take on the hostage genre that certainly grabs a few laughs while enjoying the great chemistry between Healy and Schilling.The plot revolves around a man who gets paid to kidnap his clients in order to make them forget their vices or in other cases, just for the adrenaline rush and escaping the mundane life. His approach is simple, unadorned, and gets the job done. "Take Me" has some similarities with Charles Hood's 2015 film "Night Owls," an extremely entertaining story about two people holed up in a house, one against her will. Screwball is hard. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on. On his wall is a collage of Polaroids showing his happy clients. He's a helper, not a sexual sadist! You have to know what you're going for and how to get there. Kate Stone is career-focused, and enjoys her life that way. With an extremely funny script by Mike Makowsky, "Take Me" rides the waves of a simulation scenario gone haywire. Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in high-end simulated abductions. (2017). Was this review helpful to you? She wants to be slapped. Milks's husband dies on their wedding night whilst having sex. Directed by Pat Healy. This premise sounds good and it's somewhat put into good use until the kidnapper starts questioning himself, that's where the movie starts going nowhere.I believe it deserves a watch considering it's low runtime and the potential of a couple of laughs as long as you don't go in with high expectations to have your mind blown away. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. He jumps at the chance when a mysterious client contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end. In trying to recapture the feelings that once made him the greatest, he gets ... See full summary ». Use the HTML below. He wears a thick toupee, making him look like a cable-access game-show host. Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm's length, making her an outcast in her own right. It is Moody's "job" to give them a fully realistic simulated experience. Like "Night Owls," "Take Me" has two extremely talented actors playing out their chemistry and hostility and vulnerability, moment to moment to moment. Anna, from the get-go, is more than Moody bargained for. Her onscreen personality here is reminiscent of Goldie Hawn, the Hawn of "Seems Like Old Times," "Foul Play," "Private Benjamin." His business isn't about sexual kink. Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems. Moody runs his own business called Kidnap Solutions. Eric comes to El Camino looking for his unknown dad. With Pat Healy, Taylor Schilling, Alycia Delmore, Jim O'Heir. His approach is simple, unadorned, and gets the job done. The fun of "Take Me" is watching these two actors go toe-to-toe in scene after scene. What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in high-end simulated abductions. He returns as a ghost as she attempts to get her life back on track whilst choosing between two new men in her life. He keeps calling her by her first name, a sales tactic he probably read about in a self-help book, but when he does it it just seems creepy. The fun of Take Me is watching these two actors go toe-to-toe in scene after scene. The beginning is a little bumpy, but once the main event starts up, the film settles into its sustained mood of horror and hilarity. 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