Untraceable | Diane Lane, Zachary Hoffman

Untraceable | Diane Lane, Zachary Hoffman | NOT AS BAD AS MANY SAY IT IS

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Untraceable

	Untraceable Diane Lane, Zachary Hoffman Sony Pictures, 2008 average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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Entertaining

This movie has lots of actions, tense, as you would expect from a cyber-movie. The main plot is about a psychotic man who uses his taser to get the people to his "dungeon" and display the torture online. I thought the plot was brilliant. The way he does his torture where the lights increases as the viewers increases which practically baked the victim; the use of chemical (forgot what it was) on the next person; and the voice changer so the psycho can lure his victim - I thought those were all unique and high-concept.

Now adays, though, Feds can easily trace the IP address. In this movie, they have difficulty tracing the IP address of the user. I'm sure that is why the title is Untraceable. The computer forensic folks are a lot savier now. It would have added more mystery if the audience does not know who the person behind the keyboard. That would have given them something to solve.

I laughed at the ending, though. When the heroin broke loose of her captivity where she was tied upside down, one of the users posted a question: "How can I download this scene." (something like this). I thought that was hilarious as it shows us our obsession with live Interent action.

Again, this movie is entertaining enough in a different way. I would still recommend seeing it. Cold Eyes

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NOT AS BAD AS MANY SAY IT IS

I watched this one today, expecting a big bloody "HOSTEL" type mess and was pleasantly surprised. Granted, there are some gruesome items, but it's nowhere as bad as I thought it was going to be.

It's more "detective thriller" than it is "bloody horror movie". I was pleasantly surprised as it held my attention throughout the entire movie. I'm glad I decided to watch it.

For those of you that haven't read already what the plot of the movie is, in a nutshell it's about a psycho who puts a live stream online showing a person that will be killed. The more people that sign on to watch, the faster that person dies. Each person is placed in a "SAW-like" situation, and the FBI is trying their darndest to shut the site down. Yet, as word of mouth spreads about the site, you can only imagine how more curious people become when they hear about it and they want to sign on just to check it out. Unfortunately, doing so just speeds up the death of whoever happens to be captive at the time a person looks at the site.

Check it out if you like thrillers. Definitely worth a look.

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Engaging Thriller.....

I enjoyed watching this movie from start to finish.... Nice plot with good acting my cast members. It was a bit slow over all and had three predictable parts at the ending, but otherwise a good thriller.

Nightmare Low on Extrapolation and Tension

Novel in its approach, 'Untraceable' asks interesting moral questions about a plausible technological nightmare. A disgruntled man kidnaps select victims to torture and kill, adding more of a given hazard as the numbers of people log into his website. As his online broadcast is made known, FBI agents (headed by Jennifer Marsh [Diane Lane]) try to keep the situation under the radar and bloggers off the website. Savvy for obtaining a Russian domain for his website, the perpetrator renders the crew unable to pinpoint much less stop the website until they can locate him at his hideout. Sometimes a grizly update of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," the film is often reminiscent of 'Silence of the Lambs' with eerie surveillance scenes. Somewhat cynical and far less tense, 'Untraceable' often remains more educational than entertaining. (2.5 *'s)

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Rental

This is a decent rental, but I would advise against buying it. In a movie that fuses a little bit of Copycat with Saw, you have an up and down affair. Though a lot of technical jargon is tossed around, there are many technical errors that even I spotted, and I am far from a computer wiz. There are also several police procedure gaffs that I noticed as well. Still if you suspend some belief, the story is decent, and the deaths are somewhat original. The acting is mostly strong, but nothing incredible. This one is just okay.

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