Sort by: Helpfulness Review Date Total Votes Prolific Reviewer Review Rating. Prisoners is a Mystery/Thriller film starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, and Paul Dano. *Gyllenhaal makes a decision pretty early that the Paul Dano character is innocent, and so he is released - without surveillance and without police protection, even. These ten people know that feeling all-too-well, and when they finally do prove their innocence, their reactions are nothing short of heart-wrenching.
It could be that torture is always morally culpable, that it never elicits anything of value - or it. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets. Prisoners is an absorbing thriller that knows how to channel the emotional energy of its characters once they are cornered by the heartbreaking narrative maze that it possesses.
Accordingly, his basement is stocked up for an apocalypse and the lines on his face show. Prisoners movie reviews & Metacritic score: How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Prisoners is a thinking audience's revenge film -- that is, if moviegoers (particularly parents) can stomach the subject matter. The movie announces its measured, quietly confident tone right from the opening scene of a father-son deer-hunting trip, the first of many images of predators pursuing their prey.
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The movie is a slow burn, but it does not take long until it starts burning. What do you think about Prisoners? Much of "Prisoners" is rather ridiculous (despite the fact that it clearly wants to be taken super seriously), and there's an overwrought quality to much of the acting Shot by the great Roger Deakins, regular cinematographer for the Coen brothers, the movie is drenched in rain and drained of color.
Genre: Thriller/Drama Premise: (from IMDB) When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing I also remember that the ending completely fell apart and if they were going to make a good movie, they'd need to completely rewrite it. The Box Office: There was a time maybe twenty years ago when Prisoners would be considered a solid star-driven genre entry, a B-movie potboiler to be seen and enjoyed by general audiences wanting a Saturday night out at the movies. That the film is today being hailed as a possible Oscar. Brakwa waits at the airport and cocaine is found in his suitcase and he must prove that he is innocent.