Trapped Movie Review 2002

Heavy on torture, light on revenge thriller tears a perfect family's lives apart when serial kidnappers snatch their only child. Trapped in different cities at the time, parents Will (Townsend) and Karen (Theron) Jennings are at the mercy of extortionists Bacon, Love and Vince. Vince babysits the child; Love takes on the out-of-town Townsend; while Bacon terrorizes mom at their picturesque seaside home. To make matters worse, it is revealed the child is a severe asthmatic. Bacon's efforts to seduce Theron don't help matters. Overly sadistic, pointless, and painfully unwatchable despite slick production values and creepily winning performance by vet Bacon. Based upon Iles's novel "24 Hours."

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Kidnapped!, A Day in the Life. . ., Psycho-Thriller, Revenge

Screenplay

Greg Iles

Cast

Stuart Townsend, Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanning, Colleen Camp

Cinematography

Frederick Elmes, Piotr Sobocinski

Director

Luis Mandoki

Music

John Ottman

Other

Jose Antonio Garcia, Jerry Greenberg, Willie Heslup, Michael Kaplan, Richard Sylbert

Producer

Mimi Polk Gitlin, Luis Mandoki, Senator Film Entertainment, Columbia Pictures