PRISONERS REVIEW
“Prisoners” is a new film from director, Denis Villeneuve
and is written by Aaron Guzikowski. This
film tells the story of two families, the Dover family and the Birch
family. These two families are meeting
for Thanksgiving dinner, when their two youngest daughters step outside and go
missing. When these two girls go
missing, Detective Loki is called in to head the investigation (played
brilliantly by Jake Gyllenhaal). There
is an intense drive for Loki to find these girls that goes beyond the normal
police officer. When the case begins to go cold, Keller Dover played
by Hugh Jackman considers taking matters into his own hands. This film is a gut punch of
emotion. Hugh Jackman portrays a distraught, angry,
disturbed father uncomfortably well. As
for Gyllenhaal, he steals the show.
There is an intensity that goes beyond the surface. His eyes are mixed with full force outward
emotion and anger, an Oscar worthy performance and my favorite of the year. Also, Terrence Howard, Maria Bello, Viola Davis,
Paul Dano and Melissa Leo all give great supporting performances. Roger Deakins’ cinematography is beautiful
and haunting. The writing and direction
is top notch; you never know where this story is going to go. For a film that could easily have been very
generic, this film is not. “Prisoners”
is one of the best films I have seen this year BUT it is intense and disturbing, so be
aware of that before entering the theater.
This film is worthy of MAJOR Oscar consideration and wins. If you can handle the subject matter, see “Prisoners”.
- George McCann
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