Prisoners is a mystery, drama and crime movie that came out in September 2013. The cast is filled with many known actors/actresses such as Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard and Viola Davis. This film includes the kidnapping of two families youngest daughters on Thanksgiving and no one has any idea what happened to them. Anyone interested in suspenseful dramas about crime should definitely try to watch this movie. The great performances from the cast makes the film that much better, along with the plot of the whole movie and how the storyline makes audiences feel as if they were feeling it for themselves.
With thrillers movies about kidnapping, everyone is brought in to show that they can feel safe in their normal days and then something happens just like that which can change the course of your life. When the Dovers and Birchs lose their youngest daughters, the fathers work together to find out what really happened to their kids. Hugh Jackman’s character, Keller Dover takes a more unorthodox approach to recovering his daughter by finding the culprit behind it all and Terrence Howard’s character, Franklin Birch just watches him do it all while feeling like it’s not the right thing. Jake Gyllenhaal in this movie is the detective in charge of the case and he understands what the families are going through, but tries his absolute best to make sure they let the police work on it and they stay out of it.
The film takes a turn for the worse when Keller Dover finds out who’s taken their little girls from them and it turns out there have been many missing cases exactly like theirs. The reveal of who it is completely shocked myself as well as anyone who’s ever seen the movie and that final release of knowing who it was will leave your mouth wide open. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys crime thrillers about kidnapping because I believe it to be one of the best that’s came out to theaters. The terrific performances from the actors/actresses adds that depth of making you feel like you’re experiencing what they are and the phenomenal plot behind the movie is what reels audiences in the whole movie. To watch this movie you can try to find it on a streaming website or rent it for $2.99 on amazon.
Trevor Dupre 