Compelling

Rating: Null/10 (16 February 2014)

This movie is disturbing, dark and depressing, but at the same time a totally riveting mystery thriller with many twists and turns. Great cast and compelling performances by all. Prisoners is an intense, powerful and unforgettable movie that for some reason, was oddly under-rated as it seemed to get overlooked. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal were superb and totally believable. They truly became the characters that they were portraying. This movie really portrays how a good person's sense of logic and compassion can be seriously twisted by events which deem them powerless. It terrified and disturbed me. It has a continuous and unrelenting sense of tension and suspense. I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole way through. I was kept guessing and totally absorbed for the entire two and a half hours and was left wanting more. Superb all round, but at the same time very disturbing.