Prisoners Movie Review

                                         

 Hugh Jackman AND Jake Gyllenhaal in a film? of course i was going to see this film 

Long story short: after a thanksgiving dinner, 2 girls, Anna Dover (Erin Gerasimovich) and Joy Birch (Kyla Drew Simmons) go missing. After no strong leads are found and investigations conducted by Det. Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) proves to be worthless, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) takes matter into his own hand and is willing to do anything to find his little girl. (see trailer below)

This is possibly Hugh Jackman's best performance. He portrays Keller Dover with such anger and hostility that he holds nothing back and yet never over does it and keeps the realism going throughout. i was surprised, as i have never been much of Jackman fan...'till now. The character of Keller is such a different role to the one we're used to seeing in X-men for example. Lets not forget about Gyllenhaal who, i have always been a fan of since seeing in Brokeback Mountain and Zodiac but i've never seen him quite as epic as with this portrayal of Detective Loki, a man who is so disconnected from his own emotions. TERRENCE HOWARD! i will never forget your name ever again, or refer to you as that 'lightksin guy with the nice eyes that isnt michael ealy', i was unaware how brilliant of an actor he was. Overall, all characters are great and the actors truly make this movie what it is- intense, gripping, gritty & thought provoking.

that being said, the film isnt perfect. It's a bit predictable and includes cliches e.g. the tipping over of the desk & the perfectly timed phone calls

but that's not the worst fault here. Although incredibly paced, i do feel like 2hr 33mins running time for a film like this is unnecessary but amazingly, the film never becomes tedious. The main fault however, is the fact that i was able to figure out the culprit before the characters as this meant that i lost understanding for some of their actions.

Possibly my favourite film of 2013 & in my opinon, the best i've ever seen Jackman and Gyllenhaal.

Frances Rating: 8/10