Untraceable (2008)
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
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One of Lane's " typical detective movie. Although director wanted for viewer to be involved in solving the misteries, it have done a little bit too much so you will look at the movie without being so much tense as it could have been. Main acters have done great job in converting script into movie.
The plot is original and in certain ways prescient for being a 2008 movie. Apart from the gross scenes, the only thing I didn't like was the stupid mistakes that the FBI agents apparently made. Maybe erring is human, but that didn't make that much sense.
A ferocious retelling of the old tale of voyeurism, supplemented by the behind-glass-partitions shots. It brought to my mind the memory of Hitchcock's (The Rear Window). A good casting is waiting for you there. Diane Lane was like enthusiastic .. The guy who played the serial killer gave the traditional flat affect imprinted on serial killers' faces in movies. His methods of killing seemed to me rather complying with the social roles of his victims, for example the anti-coagulant bleeding of the naturally cold-blooded pilot and the heat lamp burning of the announcer who brings secrets to light on TV. Actually voyeurism continues till the last moment as the chat room displays comments.. It's a good movie on the whole.
I tried.I really tried but this movie was made for invoking shock...nothing more. Firstly, this review is full of Spoilers so don't read if you want to be surprised by this cinematic masterpiece. The portrayal of impotent law enforcement and an "cybercop" that shifts seamlessly from investigating this gruesome killer to being a perfect single mom was seriously unrealistic. The killings were elaborate, too elaborate to be believed. Kind of like when Goldfinger tied James Bond up to a block and tried to cut him up with an industrial laser. This killer would have to have pretty deep pockets and serious engineering skills. I don't know because I stopped watching right around the Sulfuric Acid scene. The acting was just too far below the bar to swallow. It's as if the actors just mailed in their performances, saving their true ability for another movie. I'm serious. This movie stunk.