Osiris3657

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband)
Starring:
Hugh Jackman
Jake Gyllenhaal
Paul Dano
Maria Bello
Terrence Howard
Viola Davis
Melissa Leo

Plot: A Boston man kidnaps the person he suspects is behind the disappearance of his young daughter and her best friend.

Sonic

Trailer:

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Osiris3657

^ I don't know if it's just me, but the trailer isn't showing up.

Here's another version in case anyone else can't see that one.

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jfoobar

Amazing cast, riveting trailer, could have an element of The Pledge to it, but I don't know how much the latter part of the movie focuses on Gyllenhaal's character.

dex14

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Prisoners TV spot by GyllenBabble

RichC2

I saw an ad for this the other day, thought it looked entertaining if a bit generic. The full trailer reminds me of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance for some reason. Apparently this screened at Telluride the other day and won rave reviews.

Variety Review: http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews...de-1200593140/
"A spellbinding, sensationally effective thriller with a complex moral center that marks a grand-slam English-lingo debut for the gifted Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve. "

Hollywood Reporter: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mov.../review/618578
"A difficult subject is bolstered by outstanding performances and masterly filmmaking."

Indiewire:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...nhaal-20130830
"A first-rate thriller with a blackened bite, “Prisoners” may not be the easiest or most escapist sit for the casual moviegoer, but it’s this kind of filmmaking and storytelling that brings folks like us flocking to the theaters year after year."

Coral

I'll check it out mainly because of Villeneuve. He's become one of the better directors working today with films like Maelstrom, Polytechnique and Incendies.

OldBoy

this does look pretty good...

RocShemp

Despite the cast, the trailers make it look like shit. In fact, it reminds me of The Tortured and I wouldn't be surprised if it ends in much the same way.

Dr. DVD

Cool that this is getting decent reviews. However, I will agree that the previews make it look like crap.

Why So Blu?

Never heard of the director but in reading some of the some synopsis on those films you mentioned, makes me want to take a look before I watch Prisoners.

Mike86

Surprised people are saying the previews make it look bad. I saw a trailer for it in front of a film a while ago and immediately wanted to see it. Looks great to me and the cast is damn good.

eXcentris

He's a French Canadian filmmaker who got noticed with "Incendies", a very good film which was well received at various film festivals. The main reason he got a shot at making a Hollywood film.

"Polytechnique" is also excellent. It chronicles the mass shooting which occurred at Ecole (school) Polytechnique in Montreal in December 1989 through the eyes of two students who witnessed a gunman murder fourteen young women.

Not a big fan of "Maelstrom" but for a first film, it certainly showed promise.

eXcentris

Funny thing about "Prisoners". There's a conspiracy nitwit on another forum who started a thread about the New World Order backing a film to make fun of Alex Jones. I usually pay no attention to him, but since he mentioned a film, I was curious. Turns out the villain played by Paul Dano is named "Alex Jones" and surely that could not be a coincidence.

Even funnier, in order to backup his claim that this was indeed a conspiracy, he pointed to this article as solid proof:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/will-...ed-alex-jones/

The fact that the article obviously makes fun of Alex Jones and uses this film to demonstrate how easy it is to come up with a conspiracy theory completely escaped him.

Osiris3657

Getting alot of praise and acclaim. 85% on RT and 71 on Metacritic. Statements like "best thriller since Se7en" and "Jackman is the frontrunner for Best Actor" getting thrown around.

I'll be seeing this sometime over the weekend.

Rypro 525

Runtime is a whopping 147 minutes, & some reviews have said it does feel that long

Noonan

It's a slow moving psychological thriller so that makes sense. The first time I watched Zodiac it felt like I had been sitting there for 5+ hours.

OldBoy

yeah, the runtime may cause me to wait for home release, but i haven't been to the theater in awhile and who knows...

Ash Ketchum

In the Village Voice, Amy Nicholson gives it a negative review:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-09-...age+Voice+Film)

Here's the first paragraph:

OldBoy

wow. harsh...

Osiris3657

DVDTalk rule:

Ash Ketchum will post a negative review in the thread of any movie that's generally well received.

RichC2

I always think it's funny, he will find a movie with a 97% and post the one negative review. Unless it's Pokemon or Miyazaki, then it's a positive one.

OldBoy

oh boy, is this another that has to go on the "list"?

Solid Snake

The list? Sooooo Spottedfeather is going to ignore it?

Supermallet

Is it not worth getting other viewpoints?

FWIW, this looks like substandard Ron Howard fare from the ads. And WB doesn't seem to have much faith in it, either.