Brilliant performances but too long

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2015)

The dark atmosphere in Prisoners is just perfect. I have never seen Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in such a great Oacar worthy performance. The director succeeded in creating a tense thriller. The suspense is hold from beginning on a high level with lot of suspicious situations. There is a good message to take away: when somebody is in danger the believe in God is important and to pray. What I didn't like therefore was the very long running time of two hours and a half! I mean, there are many puzzles but at the end it is a real torture to wait until the labyrinth is solved. So it is in my opinion sometimes too long paced and some scenes could have been cut. Please don't make such long movies. 6/10