Cradle 2 the Grave

Cradle 2 The Grave is a 2003 martial arts movie starring Jet Li and DMX and directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak.

It features the kidnap of DMX character, the damsel in distress is played by Texan actress Paige Hurd, The scene has been her only appearance as a damsel in distress as of 2018.

Story
Vanessa Fait is the daughter of a Jewel Thief that gets kidnapped with a lengthy hand gag and a lot of mmmppphhing.

While at first untied, the bad girl played by Kelly Hu eventualy takes a roll of duct tape and orders for the girl to be taped and gagged.

While the girls resists and attempts to escape, she is eventually overpowered and taped with her writsts behind her back, her ankles together nad gagged with well applied tape.

She spends sometime in bondage, but eventually is unchecked and catches a sharp necklace, she uses this to cut herself free and escape.