Solid film with even better performances.

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2013)

Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners possessed an intensified, unrelenting atmosphere that is provides a uniquely captivating atmosphere. This psychological labyrinth covers multiple layers of how people are prisoners in their own complicated world. The film thoroughly and informatively explores all the character perspectives with refined detail, however in instances this tight grasp the story has on depicting the explicit stress each person displays perhaps gets in the way of a fluent, coherent story line. Subtle moments in the film such as Loki's tattoos, Bob Taylor's boxes of snakes and more significantly what was the ultimate outcome to Alex Jones go unexplained. Nevertheless with phenomenal lead performances, you can happily ignore minor plot flaws to this riveting mystery and cynicism this film hits the audience with.