| | | The FBI Cyber Crimes Division Hunts Down Vicious Criminals Online...But the Most Dangerous One is Hunting Them.
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Within the FBI there exists a division dedicated to investigating and prosecuting criminals on the internet. Welcome to the front lines of the war on cybercrime, where special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) and Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks) have seen it all...until now. A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own website and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands of the public: the more hits his site gets, the faster his victims die. When this game of cat and mouse becomes personal, Marsh and her team must race against the clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable.
"There's an intelligence mixed with ferocity that makes [Lane's] performance compelling..." Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun
"...a satisfying slice of solidly crafted meat-and-potatoes filmmaking." Joe Leydon, Variety
"If Dick Wolf is interested in doing a "Law & Order: Cyber Crimes," he could do worse than to follow the lead of Untraceable..." Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
"Highly watchable, anchored sturdily by Lane's convincing performance." Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
"A horrifying thriller, smart and tightly told, and merciless." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Directed by Gregory Hoblit (FRACTURE, PRIMAL FEAR), UNTRACEABLE follows F.B.I. cybercrimes specialist Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) as she attempts to track down a serial killer who brazenly displays his murderous deeds on the Internet. Aided by fellow agent Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks) and local detective Eric Box (Billy Burke), Marsh tenaciously hunts for the elusive criminal in rainy Pacific Northwest settings, but as she closes in on her target, he deviously finds ways to get closer to her, all the while killing his victims in increasingly faster fashion.Clearly referencing a number of renowned thrillers--most notably the SAW films, SEVEN, and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS--UNTRACEABLE is far from an original cinematic exercise. However, Lane's steely, smart, and beautiful heroine ably anchors the film, which also benefits from its appropriately gloomy Portland, Oregon, backdrop. As with any effective suspense movie, the thrill is in the chase, with the cold-blooded killer proving to be quite adept at disguising his real location, even as his disturbingly popular site remains prominently on the web (hence the picture's title). Though not up to par with classics such as SEVEN and SILENCE, UNTRACEABLE is a well-crafted genre film that easily eclipses other like-minded fare, particularly FEARDOTCOM and the SAW sequels.
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Untraceable - DVD Review By: Lori Kapes - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 5/24/2008 2:56 PM | | The killer's point is that we are human and can't turn away from a car wreck or from seeing someone else suffer. While I commend the writers for not shoving this message down our throats like the first Saw, the little one liners are so obvious. In one scene Griffin laughs at the fact that the killer has blocked all foreign IP's from viewing the site. "How patriotic," he says ...read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 5/13/2008 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 19138 | | UPC: 00043396191389 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Billy Burke | | Colin Hanks | | Diane Lane | | Mary Beth Hurt | | Anastas N. Michos - Cinematographer | | Andy Cohen - Producer | | Christopher Young - Original Music By | | David Rosenbloom - Editor | | Gregory Hoblit - Director | | James McQuaide - Executive Producer | | Michael L. Mayer - Art Director | | Paul Eads - Production Designer | | Robert Fyvolent, et. al. - Writer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"Director Gregory Hoblit is no stranger to the thriller form and moves things along at a satisfying pace..." 01/25/2008Entertainment Weekly
"Lane skillfully sells the tech-heavy script..." 02/01/2008 p.55 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he result is polished and professional enough to keep you both gripped and entertained." 04/01/2008 p.62 ReelViews 6 of 10
Untraceable engenders a reaction that is one part fascination, one part disappointment, and two parts frustration. The film, which has the ingredients for a thoughtful, tense thriller throws away a compelling first half so it can descend into silliness and cliches. For a movie that works overtime to establish credibility during its first half-hour, Untraceable leaves no predictable, formulaic stone unturned in its rush to a jaw-droppingly stupid conclusion. It's almost as if the filmmakers who made the first two acts were replaced by Uwe Boll collaborators for the final 40 minutes...The film's nearly fetishistic obsession with inventive deaths recalls Saw, although there are substantial differences. Untraceable seeks to be categorized as a thriller while Saw prefers the horror genre, but there are similarities in the ways the movies view death as part of a game between cops and a twisted mastermind...The fact that the movie seeks to implicate the audience in the crimes by proxy is an interesting approach and it makes watching Untraceable uncomfortable. With a better screenplay, this could have been an unsettling motion picture - the kind that causes viewers to leave the theater shaken. Instead, however, because of poor choices by the filmmakers, the moral questions are shunted into the background... - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
"Untraceable" is a horrifying thriller, smart and tightly told, and merciless. It begins with this premise: A psychopath devises ways to kill people online, in live streaming video. The more hits he gets, the further the process continues, until finally his captive is dead. "You're setting a new record!" he tells one agonized victim, as we see the total growing on a hit counter...One detail the movie gets just right. As the current victim dies and the hit count climbs, we see a scrolling chat room onscreen. The comments are cretinous, stupid, ugly, divorced from all civilized standards. How people with the mentality of the authors of such messages are intelligent enough to get online in the first place is a puzzle. But they do. All you have to do is visit the wrong chat room or bulletin board and see them at their dirty work...Is there a reason to see this movie? Was there a reason to see "Saw," or "Se7en"? The purpose and function of the violent movie thriller remains a subject of debate. Yes, I watched, fascinated. No, it wasn't art. Its message is visceral. Some people will think: This is wrong. Others will think: This is cool. It is the same in countless areas of society..."Untraceable" is made with intelligence and skill. It dramatizes the sorts of things that the anonymity of the Internet makes possible, or even encourages. - Roger Ebert
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