Prisoners (DVD)

Product Description Prisoners (DVD)How far would you go to protect your family? Oscar® nominee Hugh Jackman stars as a man facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter is missing, together with her young friend -- and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, the detective in charge arrests its driver , but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child's life is at stake, the frantic father decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. Led by Jackman and Gyllenhaal, this dramatic thriller features an all-star cast, including Maria Bello as Keller's distraught wife; Oscar® nominees Terrence Howard and Viola Davis as the other parents, whose daughter also went missing; in addition to Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo.]]> Amazon.com A normal Thanksgiving in a normal American town--violently interrupted. Two little girls have gone missing, swallowed up by the dark places that lurk even in this ordinary-looking landscape. This solid suspense premise allows Prisoners to take its time exploring the people affected by the event: a father (Hugh Jackman) with a vigilante attitude, a cop (Jake Gyllenhaal) with an intense manner and a perfect record in solving cases, a simple-minded suspect (Paul Dano) and his protective guardian (Melissa Leo). Other people caught in this vortex are played by Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, and Maria Bello, so the film has no shortage of onscreen firepower. Still, the main character is somehow this drizzly, gloomy town, where French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) creates a memorably uneasy mood. The movie's concerns are broadly drawn, and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski's plot developments get lurid at times, but the eerie pacing gets under your skin, and late revelations carry the chill of genuine American Gothic. Not all thrillers need to hammer us with quick editing and overblown effects, as this scary exercise ably proves. --Robert Horton