DVD Talk reviews for Friday, May 15th, 2020
 

<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:15px">Recommended</div><blockquote><table><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74324"><img src="http://images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1588086197.jpg" border="0" style="margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px" align="left" /></a><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74324"><strong>Trapped (2002) (Blu-ray)</strong></a><br /><span style="font-size:11px">by William Harrison</span><div style="width:100%; height:1px; background: #fff"></div><span class="rss:item"> <p><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74324"> </a><p><b><u>THE FILM:</b></u></p><p>I had not seen Luis Mandoki's <i>Trapped</i> since I went with my mom to the theater opening weekend back in 2002. I enjoyed it then for what it is: a trashy, B-movie thriller full of melodrama that might have been made for Lifetime TV if not for its violence, language and A-list cast. The film holds up decently after 18 years, thanks in large part to convincing performances by Charlize Theron and a young Dakota Fanning. This child-endangerment thriller certainly does not rival movies like <a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/10197/ransom-special-edition/"><i>Ransom</i></a> or <a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/15982/man-on-fire-all-access-collectors-edition/"><i>Man on Fire</i></a> in technical merits or dramatic heft, but it does offer pulpy thrills. I still maintain the inclusion of musician Courtney Love in a supporting role is one of the film's best q...<a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74324">Read the entire review &raquo;</a></p></p></b></i> </span></td></tr></table></blockquote>