Starring: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Erin Carufel, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross,
Mary Beth Hurt.
Extras: Commentary, four featurettes
Genre: Thriller
Review:Untraceable
fuses Saw with The Net in a perverse yet moralistic story about a
psychopath who broadcasts acts of torture over the internet--all to better
reveal the twisted underbelly of the American public, who hasten the victims'
deaths simply by looking at the website. FBI agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane,
her mature-sexy mojo tamped down but still simmering in the corners of her eyes
and the nape of her neck) launches a cyberhunt for the killer, only to find
herself and her team caught up in his murderous scheme. It's hard to make
tapping on a keyboard and staring at a computer screen exciting, but
Untraceable does its best by making Marsh and her cybercrimebusting partner
(Colin Hanks, King Kong) rattle off cascades of jaunty techno-jargon and
do impressive bits of long-distance surveillance. The movie aims for the
audience that flocked to see Ashley Judd in thrillers like Kiss the Girls
and Double Jeopardy, but it's hard to say if fans of Lane's romantic fare
like Under the Tuscan Sun or Must Like Dogs will enjoy the queasy
violence...more
Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Movie Spotlight
Untraceable Release Date: January 25, 2008 Studio: Screen Gems (Sony) Director: Gregory Hoblit Screenwriter: Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth
Hurt Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for some prolonged sequences of strong gruesome violence
and language) Official Website: Sony.com/Untraceable
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Plot Summary: Within the FBI, there exists a division dedicated to
investigating and prosecuting criminals on the internet. Welcome to the front
lines of the war on cybercrime, where Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane)
has seen it all... until now.
A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own
website – and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands of
the public: the more hits his site gets, the faster his victims die. When this
game of cat and mouse becomes personal, Marsh and her team must race against the
clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable
EN 5 Second Review:
Good flick that is different from anything in theatres
today. Worth a look.
Untraceable
is a satisfying slice of solidly crafted meat-and-potatoes filmmaking Joe Leydon: Variety
Diane Lane heads a cast of thoroughgoing professionals who
breathe a fair degree of fresh life into stock characters, and the
formulaic plot is enlivened with bracingly acerbic observations about
Internet-enabled voyeurism....more
Untraceable
deserves to be punished Bill Goodykoontz: Arizona Republic
There's a good movie to be made about the power of the
virtual mob, the ethical consequences of participating in
it, the costs of free will. But Untraceable isn't it,
not by a long shot...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Good flick that is different from anything in theatres
today. Worth a look.
Untraceable
deserves to be punished