Trapped

Name: Trapped
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 20, 2002
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon

2002

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2002 | R

Starring: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon

Summary: When Will and Karen Jennings (Townsend and Theron) are held hostage and their daughter is abducted, a relentless 24-hour plan is set in motion that will challenge everything they took for granted. (Sony)

Director: Luis Mandoki

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Todd McCarthy

A pretty skillfully handled domestic thriller about a criminal activity that, while always upsetting, is especially noxious now due to the too many recent tragic and highly publicized instances of it. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller with some pleasingly unexpected kinks in the tale and a couple of believable performances from Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon in the leads. Read full review

J.R. Jones

By the time the high-octane ending arrived I didn't even care what happened to the kid. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

Mandoki's a pro, but a juiceless one, with only enough energy to reach the finish line, which becomes the viewer's goal as well. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf

Another disposable kidnapping thriller.

Robert K. Elder

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. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

A tone of lurid idiocy permeates Trapped, a Z-grade woman-in-peril thriller starring scenery-chewing Kevin Bacon. Read full review

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RegOz

Apr 5, 2012

Truly like the movie! Kevin Bacon is, as always, brilliant! Dakota Fanning was outstanding, and Charlize Theron was good too! Not great, but a good movie! I movie everybody can enjoy!

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FilipeNeto

Aug 24, 2018

In this film, a couple will try, each in their own way, to save their daughter, who was kidnapped by a group of individuals in exchange for a ransom. This is a very usual recipe in thriller movies, like this one, and usually works well.

In this case, the force of the film depends mostly onIn this film, a couple will try, each in their own way, to save their daughter, who was kidnapped by a group of individuals in exchange for a ransom. This is a very usual recipe in thriller movies, like this one, and usually works well.

In this case, the force of the film depends mostly on the performance of the actors. Kevin Bacon shone as the gang boss, revealing behavior that ranges from the sadistic, the meticulous, the impulsive, and the misogynist. Beside him, Charlize Theron doesn't disappoint in the role of the young mother. The actress has a strong presence, is beautiful and attractive without being exuberant and can manage the psychological side of her character. On the other side, things don't go so well. Stuart Townsend is quite weak in his character, who demanded an actor with more presence and attitude. Courtney Love isn't properly able to deal with her character and I think it was a casting mistake.

The film also commits, in my opinion, a serious script error. If we had initially a criminal gang that attacked for money and had committed several successful kidnappings, the ending is structured on a different and contradictory premise: that the gang kidnapped this girl in an act of revenge against her father. If so, why haven't they done that before instead of abducting a lot of children? This makes no sense and, along with the final sequence (which looks like something out of a "Die Hard" movie), has done much to make the end of this film unrealistic, far-fetched and much weaker than the initial half. Anyway, the movie isn't bad, deserves to be watched and will please you, if you can forget these flaws. It's not brilliant, but neither it's a disaster.… Expand

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