Untraceable wants us to deplore the amoral voyeurism of the cyberspace mobs, yet feeds off it at the same time.
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01/24/08
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Reviews for Untraceable
As Untraceable descends into the progressively more perverted territory, it begins to practice the very hypocrisy it condemns in its audience, engaging in the rancid voyeurism it pretends to abhor.
01/24/08
Torture porn for housewives.
01/24/08
There's a good movie to be made about the power of the virtual mob, the ethical consequences of participating in it, the costs of free will. But Untraceable isn't it, not by a long shot.
01/24/08
Life is too short for long-term exposure to relentless agony and distress, even in the guise of entertainment.
01/24/08
Wow, can that Diane Lane work a wireless mouse. And she typed that Control ALT Delete with such authority! Oh, my -- what was that? -- she minimized a window and activated a program with a hot key!
01/24/08
When Lane isn't preaching about the heinous violence, she's babbling on in tech speak. It's like having a Dell rep describe the plot of Saw.
01/24/08
An effective, surprisingly controlled psychological thriller. All that’s required to fully enjoy it is a cast-iron stomach for gore and a pitch-black view of human nature.
01/24/08
A blatantly derivative serial killer thriller that proceeds to tick off every single cliché of the genre ... has nothing to offer beyond what we've already seen before.
01/24/08
This tepid, borderline offensive cyber-serial killer thriller takes what feels like ages to rehash both better and worse examples of the current, vapid clamor for so-called 'torture porn.'
01/23/08
Untraceable is one of those deplorably gratuitous movies that wants to have it both ways, but gets nothing right.
01/23/08
Talk about your pious frauds. I've got a better way to show your disgust for Internet scum: Don't see Untraceable.
01/23/08
Untraceable has flaws, but this cat-and-mouse team is so hypnotic that all you do is sit there waiting while they deliver one big shock after another.
01/23/08
Police procedural meets torture porn...sleazy and absurd rather than clever and surprising.
01/23/08
It's a tame version of Saw, aimed at middle-aged America, with the same lack of brains and appeal.
01/23/08
Untraceable engenders a reaction that is one part fascination, one part disappointment, and two parts frustration.
01/22/08
Untraceable hasn't the brains of a class-act psychothriller like Silence of the Lambs, and lacks the balls to juice up the trashy verve of the Saw series. Stuck in the middle, it leaves everyone stranded, actors and audience alike.
01/22/08
2008 gets its first installment of torture porn with a predictable thriller that blames a bloodthirsty public and big media for fostering an atmosphere of retribution violence.
01/19/08
This taut, savvy cyber-thriller makes for one of the better net flicks.
01/17/08
Top CriticUntraceable is a satisfying slice of solidly crafted meat-and-potatoes filmmaking.
01/17/08
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