Comparison Of 'Look Again And Movie'

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Look Again by Lisa Scottoline, is very comparable to the movie Kidnap directed by Luis Prieto. Look Again is a book about a woman and her son. Ellen, the mother, one day finds out that her adopted son, Will, might have been kidnapped. The story shows Ellen trying to unravel the truth, and find out what really happened in Will’s past. All Ellen wants is the truth, and to keep her son. Kidnap is also about a woman and her son. The film starts when the mother, Karla Dyson, and her son, Frankie, are at a park. Without warning, Karla can not find her son. When she finds him, he's being forced screaming into a car. Karla’s beloved son has been kidnapped. The movie shows the extraordinary lengths that Karla will try to reach to get her son back safely.

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