From the twist and turns of dark and intricate mazes comes Prisoners (2013), a gripping thriller-drama film, directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film focuses around Keller Dover, (portrayed by Hugh Jackman) whose daughter, Anna, disappears along with the Birches daughter, Joy Birch, while retrieving a safety whistle from her house. This spurs Dover into enlisting the help of the father, Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard) to help find their daughters. Meanwhile, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is brought in to help recover the girls and thus begins the hunt to find the two girls who have just vanished.
The film benefits from moving performances from Gyllenhaal and Jackman, as the latter delivers a raw and gritty performance as a father who has lost his daughter and has to delve into murky waters in order to, in his mind, get her back. A potently powerful performance indeed; Jackman’s character Keller reminds us of the possible lengths we would go to get back someone we loved, and at what cost. Gyllenhaal, also, excels in his role as the Detective, and puts in a memorable and haunting performance that will not soon be forgotten by many. This coupled with a beautifully chilling and tense score from Jóhann Jóhannsson singles out Prisoners as one to watch in the upcoming awards season.
The film is affected, in a way, by its relatively basic storyline and unfortunately, if you have seen a lot of similar types of films, you may have guessed the ending before the film reaches its climax. This, however, does not detract away from the efforts of the director, to create a sense of pacing and to try and hold certain details back and not reveal them until the very end. He succeeds in creating a film which could give itself away very easily if put in the hands of any director, and although somewhat predictable, it will not take away the thrill for a vast majority of viewers.
Prisoners is a film focused around loss and questions what people will do when faced with a crisis and holds strong religious undertones that contribute to the eerie and disturbing nature of the piece. The film has enough intensity to command attention from most audiences; the acting is sublime and the script well-written, despite the fairly generic storyline. Prisoners proves itself to be a substantial thriller enriched with striking messages and performances along with strong subject matter that will satisfy audiences with a taste for the thrilling and dramatic.
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