A Kind of Kidnapping review – sleazy MP no one wants is taken in pitch-black comedy | Film
This pitch-black, low-budget British comedy entertainingly revolves around a sleazy, self-serving MP who may or may not bear a passing resemblance to a certain recent prime minister. The MP’s name is Richard “Hardline” Hardy (Patrick Baladi), a politician so morally bankrupt that when he is kidnapped by a pair of bungling amateurs, he spots a once-in-a-life opportunity for cut-through with the British public. “Four million hits!” he says as his eyes light up seeing his kidnap video rack up views on YouTube.Hardy’s…