When considering the way women are treated in the world today, it will be important to distinguish between gender equality and gender equity. Equality, where different genders are seen as equal in value and ability, CAN ONLY BE REALISED VIA CHANGING ATTITUDES, whereas, equity, referring to fairness under the law can be achieved through policy change. Carjacked does just that - playing its role in effecting attitude change.Presently, the Gender imbalance in the world is one global menace I'm worried and angry about, and you should too, as there is a never-ceasing conspicuous disparity in access to opportunities and decision-making power for women and men. Changing the world is hard work but the crew and cast of Carjacked (perchance unknown to them) is championing the cause of gender equality.Globally, women have fewer opportunities for economic participation, less access to basic and higher education, greater health and safety risks, and less political representation than men. Though women account for over 50% of the population, they only own a few percent of the world's economic power.I liked the fact the judge who decided over the couple's case was a woman. Yes, women empowerment is a critical aspect of achieving gender equality. It includes increasing a woman's sense of self-worth, her decision-making power, her access to opportunities and resources, her power and control over her own life inside and outside the home, and her ability to effect change. Guaranteeing the rights of women and giving them opportunities to maximize their full potential is critical not only for attaining gender balance, but also for meeting a vast range of international development goals including unadulterated democracy. So, in attaining gender parity, women's economic and political empowerment is imperative.I will see Carjacked over and over again. It is a classic. Women's rights are human rights.

As an awful as a movie can be sometime, I'd like to somewhat use this analogy. Carjacked Is seriously like a bad train-wreck, despite how progressively worse it gets throughout the duration, you can't help but finish the disaster all the way through. Carjacked is certainly never dull, but it has a plethora of problems. Right away we are entered into the heroine's life (Bello) and the sight isn't pretty. We are given snippets throughout the film of her insecurities, her faults, but it never really gives us any reason to care about her, other than she's broke and a single mother who's in tough financially with a jerk of an ex husband. As a matter of fact they try to make her come across as sympathetic, but in reality all they managed to do was make her a whiny and rather unlikable heroine who commits way too many stupid mistakes in tough scenario's, The criticism should not be directed towards Bello because she gives it her best shot, but the obstacle of working against a bad script is too much to overcome. The relationship with her son felt forced and unnatural, and in a movie that type of relationship is vital to a movie's success, and they throw in the ex husband scenario for further dramatic effect to no avail. Stephen Dorff gives a laughably over the top performance which is largely uninspired. He sits there with his jacket, smokes cigarettes, looks cool, but he comes across as annoying and rather pretentious. The movie doesn't give us near enough information on why he is the way he is, as like a lot of the character development. Connor Hill is predictably annoying and rather unlikable as the kid. I didn't care for his nonchalant attitude towards the occurring events happening in the film or his hypocritical attitude (The moment when he gives Dorff the middle finger on the bus is a perfect example of this) but my main problem with Carjacked is that it grows abundantly more idiotic as it goes along. The finale had me howling in unintentional laughter. I'm guessing they wanted the big bang for the finale, but they failed miserably with a terribly over the top and unbelievable finale.Final Thoughts: Maria Bello is far too talented to be slumming in this type of stuff. Carjacked is far too stupid and silly for its own good. I wouldn't even recommend this to B-Movie junkies, you can do something much more worthwhile with your time, like Maria Bello can with her career.3/10

'CARJACKED': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) This is one of those movies that's mildly entertaining but you can definitely see why it was a direct-to-video release. It stars Maria Bello as a single mom fighting a custody battle and Stephen Dorff as a bank robber who steals her car, with her and her son in it. The film was directed by John Bonito (who also directed the popular John Cena vehicle 'THE MARINE') and written by Sherry and Michael Compton. The movie is pretty routine and probably exactly what most people will expect from it but Bello and Dorff do what they can with the material.Bello stars as Lorraine Burton a mother who we meet at a support group, as the film opens, talking about her issues with her ex-husband and guilt over parenting mistakes. Her therapist has told her she's too ambiguous and her friends urge her to get 'angry' and 'take control' of her life. While picking up gas and frozen pizzas at a gas station, for her and her son Chad (Connor Hill), her car is carjacked by Roy, a bank robber desperately trying to avoid authorities. Roy then holds the two hostage as he forces Lorraine to drive him to a rendezvous with his partner and their stolen money. Along the way Roy and Lorraine get to know each other and work out some therapy on each other.As you might have guessed ('spoiler alert') Lorraine does get 'angry' and tries to 'take control' of her life (and the situation), which is supposed to be inspirational I guess, but for me it fell a little flat. It's not horrible, it just didn't work for me, which is true of most of the film. The dialogue, thrills and action are all decent but nothing too impressive at all. The subtle scenes between Dorff and Bello are what did work for me about the film though. Nothing plot developing is very interesting but the small character driven scenes were somewhat amusing thanks in large part to Bello and Dorff's performances. Bello is always good but usually she plays the confident take charge woman, so seeing her as someone passive and insecure is a nice change of pace (even if a lot of the material doesn't work). Dorff isn't a great actor but he is good in the right role, which is playing himself and himself is a slight variation on Christian Slater (in my opinion). No great acting from Dorff here (or in any film) but when allowed to be natural he can be entertaining. In this film both actors are given times to shine which helps make up for every other way the movie is lacking.Watch our review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYPV4P9FyXg

This is a great film for exactly what your typical air head blondes would do in such situations.I would love to meet the director of this movie and try and understand how he would ever approve such a disaster.This movie has many scenes that will make you go WTF? Unbelievable events , broken story .Watched it thought hey it would be a great movie , but the events that unfold , the countless blonde moments where she had a chance to deal with the situation .Perhaps it should be called When a blonde is car jacked. Because the level of stupidity in this movie clearly reflects that.I would not advise anyone to waste their time on this movie. I have no clue who authorized such a disaster bs movie. Don't waste your time with this. I gave it 2-10 because it had a good theme. But failed in performance and the situations it portrayed. Unbelievable garbage .