great acting but a clumsy and silly script

Rating: 4/10 (10 February 2014)

I like a bit of suspense and thrill like anyone else on the planet and Prisoners starts wonderfully. we see 2 families going through everyones worst nightmare when their kids go missing. the natural reactions of any parent rise to the surface and we see Hugh Jackman take the matter into his own hands to find what has happened to his daughter.
Up to the first half of this movie, we see a believable portrayal of what any father would do in his position, to find his daughter at any cost blaming the obvious target of the local kid who has a few issues in the mental department. Again, all believable.
It is in the second half of the film, it starts to breakdown a little, Gyllenhaall, the detective that has "never failed a case" decides to tail Jackman due to the local kid going missing and he being the obvious target due to various altercations with the police and the kid believing he knows where his daughter is kept.
There are a few silly mistakes, if Mr Gyllenhaal is such a great detective, how come he gets given away by a truck wanting to get passed him when he tailing Jackman?
We also see one of the children escape or be released tbh, I have still no idea, there is a note left saying if you can solve the maze you go home? what the hell happened? i still don't know. The maze was supposed to be unsolvable....
Finally, Jackman gets thrown down a hole and at no times mentions the fact to the 70 year old that just managed to get the better of him that he has her son locked away and she won't see him again either????? why?????
Finally, there doesn't seem to be any motive for the kidnapping, I remembered to the start of the movie that jackman says they have no money, was this a bizarre insurance scam? no it was some 70 year old nutter.... please !
my five year old could come up with a more feasible plot.
As normal, acting is good, but the plot is just plain silly. it ruined a potentially good movie.