Trapped (2002)
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 46
With its plot about child kidnapping and endangerment, Trapped is an exploitative thriller, more queasy than suspenseful.
Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 10
With its plot about child kidnapping and endangerment, Trapped is an exploitative thriller, more queasy than suspenseful.
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A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in different cities while their young daughter is kidnapped by the same band of ruthless criminals. Joe Hickey (Kevin Bacon) has hatched a seemingly foolproof plan with his wife, Cheryl (Courtney Love), and cousin, Marvin (Pruitt Taylor Vince): while
Sep 20, 2002 Wide
Dec 24, 2002
$6.9M
Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Charlize Theron
Mrs. Karen Jennings -
Courtney Love
Cheryl Tilly -
Stuart Townsend
Dr. Will Jennings -
Kevin Bacon
Joe Hickey -
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Marvin Pool -
Dakota Fanning
Abby Jennings -
Colleen Camp
Joan Evans -
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Bruce Abbott
'John Doe' -
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Tyrees Allen
Danny -
Miles Mutchler
Kappleman -
Wirt Cain
Manley -
Julius Tennon
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All Critics (72) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (46) | DVD (11)
Brisk hack job.
Top CriticThe movie is a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents.
Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie.
Not really bad so much as distasteful: We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.
True to its title, it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at.
The manner in which this film flies completely off the rails is undoubtedly amusing, but its also disappointing, considering the fair competence of all that came before.
I don't mind admitting that the movie, for me, became about Courtney Love. That's the effect she has...
... so many directions with so much silliness that a surprise no longer surprises.
Nada poderia preparar o público para o caos que toma conta da produção em seu ato final, que, aparentemente, foi escrito enquanto o roteirista encontrava-se bêbado.
It comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if BA, Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van.
I'm half-convinced it's a very poker-faced comedy. Then again, I may be giving the filmmakers way too much credit.
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