Untraceable
A group of cybercops finds themselves grappling with a megalomaniacal, murderous psychopath who uses the Internet to show off his grisly handiwork, rigging his site so that his remaining captives' fate depends on how many viewers it attracts. Led by FBI Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) and working against the clock, can the team apprehend the technologically brilliant killer? Colin Hanks and Mary Beth Hurt also star in this tense thriller.
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Bottom line, predictable but entertaining. Sure the movie is telegraphed from the beginning, but that didnt stop me from enjoying it. Sure, there more holes in it than a package of Swiss cheese, but that didnt stop me from enjoying it. Sure, the characters are clichéd, caricatures of real people, but that didnt okay, that part was kind of annoying. So if you can stand a thriller without having your brain on, then you can enjoy this movie.- Dyslexic Ferret
Untraceable was boring and unexciting, sort of like reading the back of the cereal box in the morning for lack of anything better to do. There were not enough shades of gray in the plot to keep you excited, nothing was left for the viewer to guess upon. Considering how generic the writing was I would give the actors credit for not falling asleep while producing this film. There are a few gratuitous gore scenes,but even those were expected and not very thrilling. If you have nothing to do for a rainy afternoon its better then nothing, though I'd rather have read a good book.
- 2McAbre
I actually liked this movie. It had just enough gore to keep me entertained. The acting was great, and the plot wasn't bad either. All in all a good thriller/horror.
- Hellnight138
Despite being an hour and a half long commercial for Windows and OnStar, despite being an hour and a half long propaganda piece for the MPAA against piracy and for net neutrality, despite having some of the stupidest computer science in a modern movieimagine the writers trolling "h4xx0r" chat rooms so they could learn teh 1337 5p34k the characters had to stumble throughand despite having one of the stupidest FBI agents in the history of FBI agents in the movies, Untraceable turns out to be a fairly entertaining way to waste an hour and a half of your time. If you know anything about computers, however, you'll have your mouth open in disbelief for about half the movie, but if you can get past that it's not too bad.
- Kakaze
"Untraceable" is one of the movies I was hesitant to see but, having enjoyed the work of Diane Lane in other movies ("Must Love Dogs"), I decided to see it and take advantage of the blu-ray format. The acting is good and the action is paced well. Many movie lovers will, I hope, find the story line repulsive. With an accurate rating system, this movie would have been rated "X". In a nutshell, a psychopath abducts people, sets up an untraceable website, and invites all Americans to watch the person die a horrible death. The more people who watch, the quicker the person dies. Perhaps there is a social commentary in this story somewhere but it takes a back seat to the horrifying torture scenes. I enjoy murder mysteries and various action films. The scenes in "Untraceable" are too horrendous to watch and I saw that not having watched most of them. Perhaps it should be labeled a disturbing psychodrama. In any event, for those of us who like romantic comedies, and even enjoy Clint Eastwood or other detective movies, be forewarned: this one is probably more closely akin to the truly disgusting horror films that I routinely avoid.
- AtTheBeach
All in all a pretty entertaining movie. Reminded me of a computer geeks Saw. Torture scenes were interesting, but not too gory. The acting was solid and the story moved very well. Diane Lane has done better work and this character is not much different from her character in the Bourne movies. Story has some holes in it, but it is a pretty good movie... worth a watch.
- frgodbeyjr
Early in the movie, I was intrigued by the premise - someone having a live torture website that visitors could watch and comment on. It maintained a creepy and uneasy feeling throughout most of the film, until they jumped the shark and show you the villain's face. I think it would have been better if they had not revealed who the bad guy/girl was until the very end. Aside from that, the gore is a little over-the-top, and you'll be wondering why they are showing it to you, because the reasoning seems to only be that they wanted to show off their FX abilities. Lastly, the FBI Cyber crimes team - as depicted in Untraceable - is a gang of bumbling idiots with the computer knowledge of toddlers. I don't buy their depiction, I think the FBI is a lot smarter than shown here. All in all, a decent movie, not all that thrilling because of the villian being shown way too early, but it's tense - and it really makes you feel uneasy about going online.
- MCWHAMMER
This film has an interesting premise and a lot of potential, but sadly it devolves into a pretty run of the mill thriller by the time the credits role. The idea of a killer using the internet to dispatch his victims is a novel idea and could have been used to great effect. The film really starts to lose its way when we meet the killer and a lot of the mystery disappears. The second half of the film is pretty average and feels like every other generic serial killer film of the past ten years.
- Brody
Nice high tech thriller, brings up some moral questions, discuss with your family. Would you do it? (You see what I mean) It is a great movie in many ways, and I would watch it again someday.
- Digitalbrian
I really liked UNTRACEABLE, even if NF thought Id give it only 2.5 stars. Ive always been a Diane Lane fan, and she didnt disappoint here. Few other Hollywood actresses could dress down and wear minimal makeup and still be as attractive. Colin Hanks, son of Tom, is also good in this one. The first act of the movie plays as a Whodunnit. I kept looking at each new character introduced as the potential killer. Then the audience is let on to who the killer is and the plot keeps your attention with increasing violence and technological mayhem. In the final act, it is a Whydunnit, ratcheting the stakes up to an intense and personal showdown. This movie has flaws. Im not pushing it as a flawless masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination. But, it kept my attention for its entire running length. I understand the comparisons to SAW, because thats the movie it reminded me of as well, but in a good way.
- Firewater
Untraceable feels like high stakes TV crime drama served with a side of excessive violence. The sadistic nature will likley appeal to fans of torture flicks like Saw or Hostel but lacks the quality or visceral focus of those movies. Instead, the audience here is exposed to a fairly non-thrilling cyberspace cat and mouse chase and gratuitous shots of sadistic violence. Diane Lane is competent given the lackluster writing but the film's biggest hook may be the voyeuristic premise that we are the monsters that enable the film's villain to kill. It's moderately entertaining but mostly unremarkable as we've seen all of these ideas done better elsewhere.
- Creeper
Okay so this film is basically about a crazy murderer who is not only going around killing people but also putting it on the net. Not ONLY is he putting it on the net BUT he is using his viewers as "the trigger". The more people watch...the faster they die. The battle against time begins and Lane along with fellow FBI Agents scramble to figure out the who the what and the where. As the stories hit the media the more popular the site becomes and soon people are dying in minutes simply because viewers cannot look away. It reminded me a lot of a soft core Saw. Gruesome but doesn't mess with you mind nearly as much. I found Lane to be almost boring to watch. She didn't seem to be to eager in her role, which obviously hurt the film a bit. I wouldn't say this is a good or great film. Nor is it bad. Its decent...I would say no rush...watch it when u get it...and even then don't get your hopes up to high. NOT for the squeamish.
- *~*Sullivans*~*
Untraceable is a solid and entertaining cyber-crime thriller. It would be great Television, though as a feature film it lacked a little luster. But it is still worth watching. I would have been very pleased with it as a season finale for one of the popular crime/drama TV shows. The torture scenes were graphic and probably the most shock value aspect of the film. Diane Lane is consistently and predictably solid as a lead. The rest of the cast is just decent. The killer in this could certainly have been more scary. If you are really into internet and computer techy stuff, and some of what is actually possible to do with them, you will find this fascinating from that aspect. As thrillers go its pretty much just a decent one. Don't rush into it with any expectations but if you stumble across this one with nothing else to see, you maybe entertained for over an hour. Hope this is Helpful!
- Phatz
Untraceable goes for maximum effect when it tries to ridicule and repulse its viewers by suggesting we'd all readily visit the killer's web site (thereby becoming accomplices to murder). But that suggestion has lost its impact over the last few years as web site viewers continue to max-out the visitor counters of real-life web sites that show executions of evil dictators, and beheadings of innocent journalists. If the film's premise - that a web site visitor can kill people - is to be effective, it needs to feel like the most inconceivably despicable concept imaginable. But in today's Internet, that notion is already a reality. Untraceable is about four or five years too late.
- Frank W