2013 · thriller
Prisoners
Directed by Denis Villeneuve2h 33m2013
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
Our read: Prisoners (2013) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Prisoners counts for a challenge
Heavy, measured, extreme thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
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How Prisoners feels to watch.
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Skip it tonight — You want any escapism or are triggered by child endangerment stories.
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