Prisoners

Name: Prisoners
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Released: 2013-09-19T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 8.1

2013 · TMDB 8.1

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.

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When two girls vanish on Thanksgiving, a desperate father takes the law into his own hands, testing the limits of morality in a tight-knit suburban community.

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Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Viola Davis Maria Bello Terrence Howard Melissa Leo Paul Dano Dylan Minnette Zoë Soul Erin Gerasimovich Kyla-Drew Wayne Duvall

Director · Denis Villeneuve Producer · Kira Davis Producer · Broderick Johnson Producer · Adam Kolbrenner Producer · Andrew A. Kosove Writer · Aaron Guzikowski Cinematography · Roger Deakins Composer · Jóhann Jóhannsson Editor · Joel Cox Editor · Gary D. Roach

Runtime: 153 min
Released: 2013-09-19
Studio: Alcon Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 8.1

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When two girls vanish on Thanksgiving, a desperate father takes the law into his own hands, testing the limits of morality in a tight-knit suburban community.