Prisoners (DVD)

Product Description

How far would you go to protect your family? Oscar® nominee Hugh Jackmanstars as a man facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-olddaughter is missing, together with her young friend -- and as minutesturn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that hadearlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, thedetective in charge arrests its driver ,but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multipleleads and pressure mounts, knowing his child's life is at stake, thefrantic father decides he has no choice but to take matters into his ownhands. But just how far will he go to protect his family? Led by Jackmanand Gyllenhaal, this dramatic thriller features an all-star cast,including Maria Bello as Keller's distraught wife; Oscar® nomineesTerrence Howard and Viola Davis as the other parents, whose daughteralso went missing; in addition to Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo.
Bonus Content:

- Prisoners - Every Moment Matters
- Prisoners - Powerful Performances

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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, ISBN13:B0034G4P30 ISBN10:B0034G4P30 Material Type:dvd