Film Review – Prisoners

“Prisoners” is a kidnapping drama that aspires to be a morally complex
tale of vigilante justice. It’s brutal, depressing, and supplied with a
leisurely run time, and it’s almost a completely compelling movie.
Director Denis Villeneuve gets the material 75% of the way there before
the production completely falls apart, taking something intimate and
ugly and turning it into a conventional slip ‘n slide of convenient
resolutions. “Prisoners” deserves credit for its unflinching approach to
the urgency at hand, asking viewers to sit through scenes of piercing
torment and tearful desperation. However, the picture doesn’t stick its
landing, a crucial misstep when working with such manipulative
scripting.
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