Prisoners

2013 "Every moment matters."
8.2| 2h33m| R| en| More Info
Released: 20 September 2013 Released
Producted By: Alcon Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://warnerbros.com/movies/prisoners
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Keller Dover is facing a parent’s worst nightmare: his young daughter and her friend have gone missing. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests the only suspect – the driver of an RV on which the girls had been playing – but a lack of evidence forces his release. As pressure mounts, Loki’s team pursues multiple leads while a frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

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markshugh Denis Villeneuve didn't debut with Prisoners, but it was this movie that put him on the map as one of the most exciting new talents to come around in sometime. Prisoners is about a pair of girls who are abducted which leads to an investigation and search effort by the father of one girl played superbly by Hugh Jackman. This is a tough but rewarding film to sit through and the pacing is good- you will be transfixed throughout. The acting is superb and everyone from Terence Howard and Jake Gyllenhaal to Paul Dano and Melissa Holly shine, but the star act is Jackman who should have received more accolades for his turn as the distraught father in this movie. Cinematography is stunning as is the direction.
vijaythepro The first time I saw this film I thought "well lazy writing of how a case is solved through chance". I watched it again. The brilliance of this film is in its realistic take on chance, and the presentation of the film and the godlevel acting of the actors. Two characters, jake a detective and hugh jackman a father who's sworn to protect his family from the cruel world, now has lost his daughter. Jake and Hugh discover clues on their individual quest which could solve the case logically if they work together and know what each other found, but Hugh is a rogue detective, a father. Even though they don't work their clues together , but because of each other's actions affecting where they're supposed to be at the right time they are led to the ultimate ending of this beautiful film.
Michael Ledo Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) hunts deer the first day of hunting season. In Pennsylvania, that is Thanksgiving. His family walks over to the Grovers to celebrate the Holiday. While there, Franklin Grover (Terrence Howard) decides to entertain with his trumpet and the next thing you know their young daughters are missing. The son recalls a van nearby that the girls wanted to play on. The police (Jake Gyllenhaal) quickly get the van and the driver (Paul Dano), but it is clean and the driver "has the mind of a ten year old." To the dismay of Keller, the police let him go with the expected vigilante results by Keller.As it turns out the tale is slightly more twisted than on the surface.I will say the acting is good, but we have seen so many films of this genre they clearly ran out of catchy names and simply called this one "Prisoners" allowing the viewer to make everyone a prisoner either physically or of the mind. Yawn. I really liked the "Dirty Harry" version of this genre. Go ahead. Compare the dialog. Make my day. It took both Jackman and Gyllenhaal together to do what Eastwood did better by himself.I am not saying this is a bad film, by no means. It is certainly worthy of a rental, especially if you like to see parents lament over their missing child. I just can't see shelling out a lot of green for a film that will remembered as a trivia question.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
nagihan_b I saw this film yesterday. I expected it would be a very good movie, depending on what i read on the internet. But i was disappointed. Some things just don't make any sense: -When Keller Dover went to the aunt's house for the second time, why did he turn his back to her? -When she pulled her gun, why did he surrender so quickly. A man his size, he could easily jump on the women and make her drop the gun, or even throw her things in the kitchen. When he began to drink the liquid, i was just thinking: Why the hell are you not throwing it to her face?