The Disappearance of Alice Creed: The appearance of an emerging star

From the Globe and Mail:

"The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Written and directed by J Blakeson

Starring Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton and Martin Compston

With elaborate care, silently, as if a single word might betray their plans, two men construct a hideaway at the edge of an unnamed English city. We see them hammering. Measuring boards. Installing sound-proof walls and massive locks. Donning hoods, the duo kidnap a young woman, returning her kicking and screaming to their secret lair, where she is gagged and strapped to a bed.

Afterward, the older of the two men contacts the girl’s millionaire father.

First-time feature director J Blakeson indicates his fascination with the whirr and grind of plot mechanics early on. The kidnappers’ precise handling of tools is a preview of how the filmmaker handles the nuts and bolts of storytelling. The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a Spartan story: There are only three characters, Alice and her abductors, and for most of the film, there’s a single set – the victim’s holding cell."

The name Gemma Arterton was familiar, but it wasn't until she was identified in the article that I knew how I knew her. She was the Bond girl--or one of them, at least--in Quantum of Solace. Anyway, this film sounds interesting enough to Netflix.