i find this movie to be a great idea and that do not deliver . it seem they find a way to build suspense and but couldn not stage their payoff very well . in one case the police and be on the clock to find the hideout of the kidnapper . they painstakingly go from dentist to dentist to match a dental record . at the same time and the kidnap man ( mason ) escape through the elevator shaft . after all the build up and the police arrive at the same time he get free and which be very anti climatic to say the least . there be also large narration scene that take u inside the thinking of the terrorized husband and wife and which detract from the suspense rather than add to it . we be fully aware of their tension and and the voice over be an insult and rob the viewer of any chance of a personal experience with the fear and a hitchcock prove time and again and be far more effective . the great disappointment and be to sit through the whole movie and and the get the quick and rather bland end . i mean it just . end in a snore .