“Get The Girl” (**1/2 out of four) was a stylish but overdone comedy about a wealthy young kid (Justin Doobies) who is conned into staging a fake kidnapping of a girl (Elizabeth Whitson) he is in love with. When one of the kidnappers is killed, he has to save her life while trying to prevent her from finding out it was a ruse. Fast-paced movie holds your attention with high-energy and cool visuals but story gets uglier and more unpleasant as it goes along. After a while, you realize you simply don’t care about any of the characters or their plight. A solid directing effort from director Eric England but this still feels like warmed-over Tarantino and Coen Bros.

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