Prisoners (2013)

Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Drama, Thriller, Crime

Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Dylan Minnette, Zoë Borde, Wayne Duvall, David Dastmalchian, Len Cariou, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Erin Gerasimovich, Kyla-Drew, Brad James, Anthony Reynolds, Robert C. Treveiler, Victoria Staley, Todd Truley, Brian Daye, Alisa Harris, Robert Mello, Jeff Pope, Rodrick Goins, Mark Drum, Lana Yoo, Pam Smith, Gloria Webber, Michelle Keller, John Atwood, Stacy Melich, J. Omar Castro, Jane McNeill

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Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

My review · Reviewed 09/17/2021

This movie felt as if someone decided to create some kind of thriller so they assembled everything that should be in a thriller. The whole movie felt rather generic. While neither Gyllenhaal nor Jackman were any great shakes in this movie I don't think they had a lot to work with either. It's a bit of a waste in that I think the twist really could have set up a movie for a better ending. I would have thought that the movie would have been about the moral ramifications of what the two men had done. Anyway, this movie has been done way better in too many other places.