PRISONERS

Movie #16:
PRISONERS (Sun.Sept.29.2013)

  The movie stars Hugh Jackman (X-Men Series) and the uber hot and talented Jake Gyllenhaal (End of Watch). The movie is about a man, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), whose daughter, Anna, has been kidnapped along with her best friend Joy Birch, on Thanksgiving Day. Along with Joy's father, Franklin Birch, Keller had to deal with the police letting the kidnapper, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), go free. Based on a lack of evidence against him. But all was not lost because he was still a valid suspect in the investigation, but that didn't really "sit" well with Mr. Dover.

  And so the movie deals with a very important "What If" issue. As in what would happen when a father like Keller Dover would take the law in to his own hands, instead of the police detective's, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). The kidnapping of the little girls takes a toll on everyone, including the detective's. Detective Loki doesn't want the girls to die even more than the parents do and not because of ambition and a perfect "closed cases" record but because he actually cares, he's just not as emotional about it, because he keeps it in. 

  All the performances were outstanding in this film. It was shot wonderfully. There was little to no score in this movie, which was perfect because it was a nicely made independent thriller, it didn't need to have a hyped up score to go along with the movie's theme. The movie itself is very engrossing. Lots of twists and turns along the way which every great thriller should have in store. The movie had a great subject matter to ask: "What would you do?"

This is a spectacular film. Two thumbs up!!!

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