Gregory Hoblit's 2008 crime-thriller Untraceable wasn't all that thrilling.
I'll come right out and say it: I didn't just not care for it, I hated it. I wasn't even mildly entertained; I felt I was taken prisoner by this awful excuse of a film.
The movie stars Diane Lane as Jennifer Marsh, a secret agent who relentlessly studies cyber crime. She gets sucked into a chain of murders on a killer's creepy website (killwithme.com) who murders his victims live through excruciating acts of violence. The more people who log onto the website, the quicker the victim dies.
It soon gets personal as Jennifer's friend and fellow agent gets killed. She then feels it to be her personal agenda to find the killer.
The movie has a few killings which are horribly gruesome to watch. Yet, the film has absolutely no plot. There are killings. Jennifer finds him. He tries to kill her and fails. She kills him instead.
The movie is quite anti-climactic and dull.
Instead of coming up with a storyline, the writers (Robert Fyvolent and Mark Brinker) relied upon disturbingly visual murders to (I suppose) keep the viewer interested?
Well, it didn't work. This movie has no substance, and was incredibly disappointing. Two thumbs down, way down.
I expected more from Diane Lane, who usually does pretty respectable work. And also from Hoblit, who directed 2000's highly thrilling Frequency.
Needless to say, don't rent it. It's 101 minutes I'll never get back, and would like to keep you from losing.
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