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Movie Review – Prisoners (2013)

Tales Of A Widow

Release Date:  Friday, September 20, 2013

Running Time:  153 minutes

Genre:  Crime/Drama/Thriller

Director:  Denis Villeneuve 

Writer:  Aaron Guzikowski 

Rating:  Rated R for disturbing violent content including torture and language throughout the movie.

Description:  When Keller Dover’s six-year-old daughter and her friend go missing on Thanksgiving Day, he takes matters
into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure
mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his
family?

 

Cast

 

Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover
Jake Gyllenhaal as Detective Loki

 

  

 

Terrence Howard as Franklin Birch

 

 

Viola Davis as Nancy Birch

 

Maria Bello as Grace Dover

 

 

Melissa Leo as Holly Jones

 

Paula Dano as Alex Jones

 

 

 
Leslie’s Notes

  • This movie is very suspenseful and contains many plot twists while I tried to figure out what happened to the two missing girls and who was responsible for their disappearance.

  • Prisoners reminds me of the movies The Lovely Bones, Gone Baby Gone, The Call, Taken and Abduction.
  • The casting and acting in Prisoners is amazing and includes one Academy Award Winner (Melissa Leo for The Fighter-2010 and four other Academy Award nominated actors (Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables-2012, Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain-2005, Viola Davis for The Help-2011 and Doubt-2008 and Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow-2005.)
  • Set in a small town in Pennsylvania at Thanksgiving, the movie features great cinematography of many outdoor locations scenes filmed in pouring down rain and snow.
     
  • The subject content is intense and there are also several violent scenes in the movie, but the script is very well written and the production is excellent.

 

 

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