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Untraceable (2008)

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Reviews Counted:139

Fresh:20

Rotten:119

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Despite Diane Lane's earnest effort, Untraceable manages to be nothing more than a run-of-the-mill thriller with a hypocritical message.

Rated: 18 [See Full Rating] for some prolonged sequences of strong gruesome violence, and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:29-02-2008

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross

Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Director: Gregory Hoblit
Screenwriter: Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker
Story: Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett
Producer: Steven Pearl, Andy Cohen, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Hawk Koch
Composer: Christopher Young
Studio: Screen Gems

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The agony of Untraceable is as predictable as a computer program, and about as inhuman.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
01/25/08
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Untraceable mostly delivers the chills, despite its conventionalities.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
01/25/08
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

A competent but unremarkable crime thriller.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
01/25/08
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

This serial killer mystery has a good cast and a reasonable story and it could have been solid, but the plot thickens via acts of such abject stupidity that the movie is eventually ruined.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/25/08
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

The film delivers a tight cat-and-mouse thriller sullied by or seasoned with (depending on one's taste for such things) elaborate acts of torture.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/25/08
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

The film teases and unnerves for 100 minutes with scenes of cold brutality. Then in a rush to the end, it tries to make it all better, or at least make it more complicated.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/25/08
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

This well-made thriller's ending almost makes up for what goes before.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
01/25/08
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

Hoblit and veteran cinematographer Anastas Michos try to darken the proceedings by giving us nocturnal characters and Portland at its grayest. But it's window dressing, just like the layers of computer geek-speak that can't disguise an analog-age plot.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/25/08
Janice Page
Janice Page
Boston Globe

Untraceable lambastes us for being amoral voyeurs as it panders to our baser instincts at the same time.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
01/25/08
Chris Kaltenbach
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun

An abhorrent cyberthriller starring a compelling Diane Lane, the film exploits the inhumanity of torture as it cynically condemns Internet rubberneckers (and by extension, moviegoers) for watching it online.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
01/25/08
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

The makers of Untraceable don't have that high an opinion of you.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/25/08
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Globe and Mail

Untraceable is a horrifying thriller, smart and tightly told, and merciless.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/25/08
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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That's right, Hollywood has finally made a film centered on agony that even a grandmother could love.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/25/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com

Untraceable's knee-jerk moralizing is reprehensible and stupid.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
01/25/08
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Even director Gregory Hoblit couldn't transform Untraceable from a mediocre horror movie into a compelling thriller.

Full Review Source: ReviewExpress.com | comment Comment
01/24/08
Diana Saenger
Diana Saenger
ReviewExpress.com

In a genre that's already died a thousand mediocre movie deaths, Untraceable is not the last stab into its heart of darkness. Instead, it's the cinematic equivalent of a blueprint...

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
01/24/08
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

The original working title of this flick was Streaming Evil, which has precisely the right amount of built-in schlock for the tedious bit of horror exploitation this is.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
01/24/08
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

'Untraceable' is a thriller about computers that was probably written by one.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/24/08
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com

More concerned about coming up with graphic death scenes than anything else.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
01/24/08
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

While certain aspects are comparable to great suspense films like Seven and The Vanishing, the underlying ethical lessons in the film pluck the thrill out of the thriller. What's left is a preachy and predictable paradox.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
01/24/08
Adam Fendelman
Adam Fendelman
HollywoodChicago.com
 
 
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