Over this past weekend I watched
the movie Prisoners (2013). Directed by Denis
Villeneuve and written by Aaron Guzikowski this film stars Hugh Jackman and
Jake Gyllenhaal. Alongside these two
amazing actors is a full cast of equally fantastic actors including, Paul Dano,
Terrence Howard, and Viola David to name a few.
This movie starts out with the search for two children who go missing. The daughters of Hugh Jackmans character Keller
Dover and Terrence Howards character Franklin Birch. The two girls leave a family party to go
search for Dovers daughters red whistle.
This little whistle becomes a huge part of the movie later on. After a few days of the girls being missing
the parents decide to take matters into their own hands. The parents go after Paul Danos character Alex
Jones, a mentally challenged young man who was the last person to have seen the
girls. The film proceeds to show the girl’s
fathers, more so Jackmans character, start to go mad. He begins to torture Danos character since he
is convinced he knows the where about of the children. This movie is full of suspense, twist and
turns, and a shocking ending. I absolutely
loved this movie, its smart and careful writing portrays what lengths a father
will go through to bring back his daughter. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Detective
Loki who is assigned to the case.
Throughout the movie his character and Jackmans clash, as Jackman
believes the police, especially Gyllenhaal’s character is not looking into the
right suspects. I would defiantly recommend
this movie!
I enjoyed 'Prisoners' myself; there was something uncomfortably enjoyable about Dano's Alex Jones. I thought his performance was great-- as was Hugh Jackman's (and especially when the two interacted). I saw an interview with Dano, explaining that the torture scene with the hammer was [in part] improvised; it's an incredibly intense moment, and a testament to the psychological absorption these actors undergo in becoming characters (and, I suppose, a testament to the director as well).
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