Combine the emotional weight of a tearjerker with a classic kidnapping nail-biter and you get the impressive results of TRAPPED. Director Luis Mandoki (ANGEL EYES) knows that it... more
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Advantages: Not sure Disadvantages: Weak plot, acting skills of most of the leads
~*~ INTRO ~*~
Trapped was adapted from a Greg Iles novel "24 Hours" and was directed by Luis Mandoki. Produced by Luis Mandoki and Mimi Polk Gitlin, it was released in September 2002 and starred Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Stuart Townsend, Courtney Love, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Dakota Fanning. The films runs for about 90 minutes and is not suitable for children under 15 due to its violent nature and some sex scenes.
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Will ... ...fast paced. All in all Trapped is lucky to get a 4 out of 10 from me. Trivia: adapted from the novel 24 Hours, the film was originally to be called 24 Hours but it was felt it would cause confusion with the increasingly popular show 24. ...
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Trapped
I am reviewing the film trapped. I watched this movie last time for the first time and I was glued to the TV to see what was going to happen next.
It’s the story of a family – A mother, A father, A daughter.
This is the story of this family – The Jennings Family who are very happy, the father is a doctor and the mother was a nurse.
Until one day when their child is kidnapped when the father is out of town.
The Kidnappers Story
A rich ... ...they select when kidnapping. They would kidnap the child and hold it in a place far from the mother and the father. The father would be in one town and the mother would be in another. And each would have an associate of the kidnapper holding them hostage as well.
They hold he parents for a whole 24 hours and they have to ring the man holding the child every 30 minutes or else the child dies. So this means the parents must go along with the kidnappers, ...
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Actor(s): Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanning
Director(s): Luis Mandoki
Genre: Thriller & Mystery - Thriller
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 2002
Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: A young mother and daughter bid farewell to dad, a successful physician, who's on his way to a lecture. Dad no sooner boards his commuter seaplane than all three are separately taken hostage by sophisticated kidnappers, throwing their idyllic family life into jeopardy.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 20/10/2003
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: CDR 32975
Editor: John Ottman
Barcode: 5035822297531
Screenwriter: Don Roos, Greg Iles
Composer: John Ottman
Producer: Luis Mandoki, Mimi Polk Gitlin
Languages
Main Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
DVD Description
Combine the emotional weight of a tearjerker with a classic kidnapping nail-biter and you get the impressive results of TRAPPED. Director Luis Mandoki (ANGEL EYES) knows that it can't hurt to pull a few heartstrings to keep an audience firmly planted on the edge of their seats. From the beginning, this picture-perfect family unit oozes with sick foreboding: a glowing young mom (Charlize Theron) and towheaded daughter (Dakota Fanning) bid farewell to Dad (Stuart Townsend), a successful physician, who's on his way to a lecture. Dad no sooner boards his commuter seaplane (which he pilots himself) than all three are separately taken hostage by sophisticated kidnappers (Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, and Pruitt Taylor Vince), throwing their idyllic family life into jeopardy. TRAPPED pushes the envelope of the classic kidnapping story because director Mandoki takes full advantage of the parent-child bond to heighten the sense of pathos and urgency. This approach paves the way for some phenomenal performances. Theron offers a tearful depiction of a desperate mother, Fanning is chilling when she realizes that she is in captivity, and Vince gives an inspired performance as the conflicted kidnapper who hates his job.
Technical information
Special Features: Directors And Writers Commentaries, Alternate Ending, Trapped from Within Making of Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Director Luis Mandoki always has a strong grasp on his characters' psychological states..." (Box Office, p.63, 01/12/2002)
"...[Bacon gives] a from-the-gut performance..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.62, 17/01/2003)
"...Skillfully handled....[The film] generates some genuine tension, features some provocatively nasty moments and toplines some good thesps in very good from..." (Variety, p.25, 30/09/2002)
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