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Prisoners

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Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
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Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing.

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Kate Stables Sight & Sound 07/31/2018
Guzikowski's well-honed thriller occasionally idles under Villeneuve's dark character studies, but the director's powerfully imposed mood of dread elevates what might otherwise have been just a superior police procedural. Go to Full Review
Jason Bailey Flavorwire 06/19/2016
An increasingly sloppy thriller, filled with obvious clues, laughable red herrings, and halfhearted "shock" reveals, played at a snail's pace that lets far too much air into the narrative. Go to Full Review
Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com 04/17/2015
A+
This film haunted me for days and weeks after seeing it, and the feeling still lingers. Go to Full Review
Carla Renata The Curvy Film Critic Mar 24
PRISONERS, however, is the most jaw-dropping thriller I have seen in years!  It was absolutely thrilling, spellbinding and kept my attention from beginning to end. Go to Full Review
Miles Surrey The Ringer 09/29/2023
The tense thriller that put its director on the map... Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/24/2022
4/5
“Prisoners” offers some slick foreboding, crafty twists, and a satisfying ending. Go to Full Review
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Cinema S @cinema_sensei 6d The mystery, atmosphere, and constant tension had me trying to figure out what was actually happening right alongside the characters. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal are both incredible, especially as the story pushes them into increasingly difficult moral territory. It's dark, disturbing, and emotionally exhausting in the best way. Some moments feel a little too convenient, but the overall experience is so gripping that I didn't care. One of the best thrillers I've watched. See more Cecilia S @Cecilia2 Aug 21 Prisoners is a dark, rain-soaked descent into the places grief can take you when hope starts running out. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal give the movie a pulse that never lets up, while every revelation feels like another door opening onto something worse. Brutal, haunting, and deeply human. It’s a thriller about how far you’ll go when the person you love becomes the only thing that matters. See more Freja A @FrejaGaan Aug 19 Prisoners is a dark, gripping mystery that lives in the uneasy space between justice and obsession. Denis Villeneuve builds the tension with remarkable patience, but it’s the bruised humanity beneath the darkness that really lingers. A haunting, beautifully crafted film that asks difficult questions and refuses to offer easy answers. See more Nabil M @AbuHamxa Aug 10 Pretty intensely suspense movie. It’s ending is 👌🏽. See more Jerry K @JKern1963 Aug 10 Great acting throughout..... perfectly directed to make you feel the same dread and tension as the characters. See more Lorenz V @RT81576099 Aug 7 Tension until the very end. Difficult to watch if you have kids. Where horror movies are mostly comedies, this thriller feels like a real horror movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Producer
Broderick Johnson, Kira Davis, Andrew A. Kosove, Adam Kolbrenner
Screenwriter
Aaron Guzikowski
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Disturbing Violent Content|Torture)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$61.0M
Runtime
2h 33m
Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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