Nobel Son (2008)

Alan Rickman is on all cylinders in "Nobel Son," playing a chemistry professor so despicable and self-centered, you want him to suffer deeply. And, for the most part, his Eli Michaelson does burn after his grown son (Bryan Greenburg) is kidnapped by a mysterious obsessive (Shawn Hatosy). The film, directed by Randall Miller, is sharp and has enough plot twists to keep the viewer mostly off balance. I hated some of the chop-happy editing and the music is loud and obnoxious where it should be dead silent (when a character hears a creeping sound in his apparently empty home). But sure worth a watch, if only for the site of Rickman turning in a 13 on his trademark SOB 10 scale. C+