Charlize Theron,
Courtney Love,
Stuart Townsend,
Kevin Bacon,
Pruitt Taylor Vince
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A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned ... read more
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
Release Date: September 20, 2002
Keywords:
kevin bacon,
dakota fanning,
charlize theron,
courtney love,
Kevin Bacon ,
Charlize Theron ,
Courtney Love ,
Dakota Fanning
DVD Release Date: December 24, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (709)
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October 25, 2010Well acted, well casted thriller about a kidnapping of a little girl that was carried out more creatively than most. The movie immediately draws you into it and you feel almost feel like you are in it. Bacon was fantastic as the bad guy coupled with a very good performance by The... read more
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April 7, 2010Have seen this film more then once. Its a good film but one only needs to see it once/ A very young Dakota Fanning in this one. Kevin Bacon plays the ultimate psycho kidnapper. And Courtney Love is a take charge Bit*ch who knows how to kick As*. Plenty of suspense but only needs... read more
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January 25, 2010Decent thriller spoiled by a ridiculous ending. Would have been a lot better without the crashing cars and explosions. The whole cast (with the exception of a weak Stuart Townsend), are good in this - even Courtney Love, to my surprise. Dakota Fanning, excellent as always and ... read more
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May 30, 2007Kevin Bacon stars in another tense thriller along side the beautiful Charlize Theron.
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November 22, 2008This was a really sick and twisted movie. Everyone who was a part of this movie is psychosexual. The movie would have been a phenomenal thriller without the weird aspect of the killer and his wife wanting to screw the kidnapped child's parents.
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August 5, 2008Love the beginning. The premise of the movie is set up beautifully, tightly, but a garbled ending with too many plot lines begun in the last third of the movie dooms the project. It dissipates interest when a director arbitrarily introduces motives that had not been foreshadowed.... read more
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June 11, 2008An excellent thriller.Courtney Love
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December 21, 2010Certainly an interesting break from traditional kidnapping movies. Though, at no time during the movie was I worried or concerned about the welfare of the actors. There was just not enough "danger" and suspense in this movie.
Critic Reviews
October 1, 2002
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
September 26, 2002
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The movie is a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents. Full Review
September 23, 2002
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie. Full Review
September 23, 2002
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Not really bad so much as distasteful: We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.
September 23, 2002
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
True to its title, it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at. Full Review
September 23, 2002
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer. Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame. Full Review
September 23, 2002
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Feels like the faceless product of a Hollywood screenwriting computer program, one that provide everything but personality and a brain. Full Review
September 23, 2002
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
For a good chunk of its running time, Trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller.
September 23, 2002
Megan Turner, New York Post
A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller.
September 21, 2002
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Splashes its drama all over the screen, subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured, but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings. Full Review
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