Prisoners is a new thriller starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. The plot focuses on the abduction of two girls and the resulting search to find them. WOW, this movie was amazing from start to finish and hit me pretty hard too. It wouldn't surprise me if this got an Oscar nomination this year.
We have seen child abduction films before, but what makes this film so different is just how real it feels. Hugh Jackman plays one of the two fathers. His character is agressive throughout the film and Jackman pulls it off perfectly. You can see that he is so desperate to find his girl that he will do absolutely anything, no matter what. Terrence Howard plays the other dad. He is more of a calm character and tends to think about morality and ethics before taking any action. Viola Davis plays one of the mothers, and her character portrays the more quiet sadness while Maria Bello plays the louder type of sadness. Every emotion that a parent could ever feel in this type of situation is represented perfectly here. Anger, confusion, desperation, sadness, etc. It is all here. As for Jake Gyllenhaal he plays Detective Loki (weird name). He has basically solved every single case in his career, and you can see how much of a toll this one is taking on him. His scenes with Hugh Jackman are the best since their personalities and ideas are so different. The movie is very dialogue heavy, but it is written so well that I was never bored watching this. Mix that with the acting in this movie and DAMN.
It is hard to watch at times since it feels so real, and some of the violence is pretty brutal. I actually even ended up thinking about what it would be like if I had kids. Yeah, this movie is that good. It is a long movie but it never feels dragged out and every single scene matters. Prisoners is one of my favorite movies of the year and I definitely recommend it to anyone. Prisoners gets a 5/5
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