‘Nobel Son’

When a philandering chemistry professor (Alan Rickman) wins the Nobel Prize, his son (Bryan Greenberg) gets kidnapped. The kidnappers demand the professor’s entire $2 million prize, he refuses to pay, and that sets into play a series of violent events.

Running time/rating: 1:42; rated R (violent gruesome images, language, sexuality).

What they’re saying: “(This) uneven but enjoyably titillating black comedy should elate Rickman fans while pleasing aficionados of extra-flakey caper flicks.” – Ronnie Scheib, Variety