This opening is so heavy-handed that it's amazing that the film doesn't instantly collapse under its symbolic weight. Shot by the great Roger Deakins, regular cinematographer for the Coen brothers, the movie is drenched in rain and drained of color. Aspects of "Prisoners" are effective, but for the most part it's rather ridiculous (despite the fact that it clearly wants to be taken super.

Prisoners is a film about two families who both of their daughters get kidnapped and both of the families with the help of the police, investigate and look for their daughters. A chilling atmosphere and big ideas compensate for a lack of credibility in this child-abduction thriller, writes Mark Kermode Synopsis:Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets THE PRISONER is basically a photographed stage play, and although there are a few other actors, Hawkins and Guinness are center stage most of the time--their mano a mano a delight to watch.

The Prisoner

There are moments when Prisoners feels like the Zero Dark Thirty of child-kidnapping thrillers. With Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo. When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. The film has an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. It was Villeneuve's first English-language feature film. The plot focuses on the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania and the.

Trailer The Prisoner

The film stars Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins. In an unnamed East European country where communist tyranny has. Howard and his movie wife Viola Davis react to the kidnappings with more controlled, relatable sadness.

If Hollywood could ever take a chance and put a. The movie does not take place in Spain and has no prisoners. Mamet, whose favorite game is poker, loves films where the characters negotiate a thicket of lies. Prisoners is the kind of movie that can quiet a room full of casual thrill-seekers.