Prisoners

In his most ambitious feature to date, Oscar® nominated director Denis Villeneuve (Incendius, 2010) breaks ground with this tense, vigilante, psychological thriller. He follows two fathers in a small Pennsylvania town searching for their missing daughters, six year-old Anna Dover (Erin Gerasimovich), and seven-year old Joy Birch (Kyla-Drew Simmons).

An unsettling tone gradually permeates throughout the feature as the growing complexity surrounding the case either physically or emotionally imprisons the multidimensional characters. Moral conflicts arise when the fathers take matters in their own hands and differing crime solving approaches emerge.

The feature boasts an exceptional all star cast, with Viola Davis (The Help, Doubt), Maria Bello (A History of Violence, The Cooler), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Paul Dano as Alex Jones. However, Jake Gyllenhaal as Detective Loki, and Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover, deliver their best career performances.

With Aaron Guzikowski's strong script, and Oscar® nominated Roger A. Deakins’ striking visuals, the feature never loses its momentum taking the viewer on an emotional, engaging, and thought provoking journey.