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A serial killer with a sickening knack for showmanship and a keen sense of technological know-how sets up a graphic website to taunt the FBI and display his gruesome handiwork in this dark thriller di... read more read more...rected by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear and Frequency) and starring Diane Lane. As a cybercimes investigator on the frontline of the war against virtual criminals, Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Lane) thought she had seen it all. She realizes just how wrong she is, however, when she learns of a technologically advanced psychopath who has set up the world's first-ever snuff website. Audience participation is key on the ingenious killer's website, because the more hits his page gets the quicker he is to dispatch his victims. But how does one catch a killer who has covered their cyber-tracks with the web-savvy skills of a world-class hacker? Now, as the hunt becomes personal, Marsh vows to use every resource at her disposal in order to catch the killer before he logs on for another round of cyber slaughter. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008

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  • June 21, 2008
    Im not a big gan of the Saw type movies as one of my friends compared this too but being that i work in fraud and i see a lot of cybercrime this perked me up. Diane Lane is awesome as alwasys and it was a good plot. Not horrible as some have said but not unwatchable either.
  • February 25, 2011
    Perhaps not quite as impressive on the second viewing of this film, due to the high number of films created around similar scenarios, the online killer has perhaps struck far too many times. Having said that this was slightly more Thriller than Horror and Diane Lane was a likeab... read morele lead, plus there was more of a believable background story than most of this genre.
  • August 12, 2010
    its ok in a thriller by the numbers kind of way.
  • June 9, 2010
    Untraceable was seen as one of the worst films of 2008 when released. I do not understand why this is so. Diane Lane makes the film what it is with a decent enough performance to keep you interested in watching. Untraceable though not flawless is still a strong enough thriller to... read more keep you guessing til the end. Some parts of this film were indeed creepy, and Hoblit's direction adds the right amount of tension to the mix. Untraceable is highly underrated, though definitely not the best thriller it has a decent enough story. It's not as bad as what many reviews have said. If you want the worst recent thriller rent 88 Minutes. Untraceable mixes elements of a crime thriller with creepy parts seen in horror films. But as far as a good thriller is concerned, Untraceable is a decent enough film to watch.
  • June 2, 2010
    Untraceable: Wish this movie had remained so for me!!!
  • April 16, 2010
    i really enjoyed this movie although a bit predictable towards the end, it is actually a good movie thats enjoyable to watch!
    from the makers of fracture they bring another thriller that is exciting , and a good storyline that is cool to watch! Some of the torture scenes are pr... read moreetty gross but make for good viewing i guess in a non-weird way!!
    the suspense and clever/sophistication of the movie is brilliant to watch and this movie is well worth the watch!!

    A good movie wwith a brilliant storyline and good actors you dont want to miss az good thriller like this really worth the watch!!
  • November 15, 2009
    Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Diane Lane

    This is the story of a technology-savvy serial killer who displays his graphic murders on his own website. The FBI Internet Crimes division must work quickly to track him down.

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    Really enjoyed watching this movie. I thought it was a really good thriller. A psychopath devises ways to kill people online, in live streaming video. How horrifying is that? Whats even more grotesque is the more hits he gets, the further he goes with his sick experiments.
    The cast was great. It's a well acted movie. Definitely a movie I will watch again.
  • October 13, 2009
    Unpleasant thriller/horror show not for the faint of heart. Diane Lane is a fine actress and deserves better films than this.
  • July 26, 2009
    although the end of this thriller was far too predicatable, it did well in most other disciplines and carried the intrigue very well. a very good and fun flick for escapist drama or fans of shocking cinema.
  • February 4, 2009
    It has a bit of pro-internet censorship theme. Seriously, I haven't seen a more elaborate yet unconvincing argument for net censorship.

    The only scary part of this movie is the glimpse into the life of Feds who track net crime. Good thing they're too busy with pedos and scammers... read more to mess with downloaders AKA the common pirate such as myself. I actually watched the movie on a site where pirates can upload rips to stream (stagevu.com) and some of the scenes were so scary that I did occasionally consider closing the browser (lol jj I know they ain't interested in me).

    The trailer gives away the film's final act, not like it isn't totally predictable anyway. Something the film does well is that it captures how much net tech has entered our lives. It also provides a decent backstory for the killer's motive.

    Truth is, the world is just as sick and shitty as it has always been, but this film sort of pens it on the (uncontrolled) internet. All the net is is humanity evolved. We would crave to watch death no matter what; the net just does what it does for anything - makes it easier and more accessible. Frankly, that's a damn good thing. What people use technology for reflects the reality of human nature. And we really like violence - ALL people, not just Americans as the film points directly at the American net user (all non-US IPs can't access the killing site directly). I am going off topic here because this movie has just pissed me off with its "message". I WANT to see violence. I crave it as essential part of my being. Violence happens whether or not there is a camera fixed on it. It is better for us to see what happens than not. I truly believe, because I know it's true for me, that if people couldn't watch violence, they'd be more likely to go out and be violent. Yes, that's right - I'm saying that watching violence keeps us from committing it. Our natural appetite for violence is easily satiated by viewing simulated or the rare captured real violence. Those who have insatiable appetites for violence may be made "more creative" by watching violent films and other media, as the infamous saying goes (from Scream), but it doesn't make killers out of the greater general bulk of viewers. For example, if this were a real life story, I would not visit the site while the killings were taking place because I would not want to contribute to the demise of a random person. I would, however, watch the clip after on another site whose host had captured the film and was offering it free of guilt/charge. lmao

    Oh and speaking of this film's violence, to put it in context of what I just said - it has NOT sated my primal human need for violence BY ANY STRETCH. Pedestrian surfers, read that last statement like this: THIS MOVIE HAS CRAPPY KILL SCENES AND NO GORE. IT's LIKE TAME SAW.

Critic Reviews


Stephen Holden
January 25, 2008
Stephen Holden, New York Times

Morally duplicitous torture porn: how else to describe Untraceable, a bleak, rain-washed horror thriller. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
January 25, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

This joyless thriller runs the gamut from unconscionable through unwatchable to unendurable. It's also unfathomable that two talented people, Diane Lane and her director, Gregory Hoblit, got themselve... Full Review

Claudia Puig
January 25, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Untraceable feels sleazy and gratuitous. Full Review

Philip Marchand
January 25, 2008
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star

Untraceable demonstrates, once again, how unnecessary it is for audiences actually to understand technical jargon. Full Review

Richard Corliss
January 25, 2008
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

Untraceable really is disgraceable. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
January 25, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

As plain awful as Untraceable is, possibly the worst thing about it is that it pretends to mean something. Full Review

Bruce Newman
January 25, 2008
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

Untraceable often seems to go out of its way to tip off what's coming, so that it's hard to tell whether the film's writers are lazy, clumsy or just painfully obvious. Full Review

Roger Moore
January 25, 2008
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

From its obvious foreshadowing to Marsh's big PowerPoint presentation of the killer's cause-and-effect, Untraceable is a mite too traceable to get under the skin. Full Review

Kyle Smith
January 25, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The movie chides us for being a sick voyeuristic society, hungry for the sight of violence. The purity of this moral stance is somewhat clouded by the movie's habit of staging sick violent acts. Full Review

Jack Mathews
January 25, 2008
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

Untraceable essentially forces its audience to identify with those who would be willing accomplices to torture and murder. Full Review

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