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When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...

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Storyline

A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. Written by Anna <dimenxia@yahoo.com>

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...I'll never tell. See more »

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Crime | Thriller

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Rated R for violence, including some gruesome images, and language | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

28 September 2001 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Ni una palabra  »

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£597,896 (UK) (22 February 2002)

Gross:

£1,757,429 (UK) (15 March 2002)
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Trivia

The Canal Street subway station was actually filmed in Toronto's "Bay Lower" unused subway station. $150,000 was spent on set dressing alone. The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) was so impressed with the New York conversion that they actually requested the set to be left up after filming was completed to attract future filming revenue. The set remained for about three weeks until TTC fire inspectors deemed the set a hazard (steel girders, signs and benches were plastic and wood), so the set was torn down and disposed of. See more »

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When the coroner is conducting the autopsy we first see the body on its back. In the next scene the body has been turned to lie on its front without us seeing the coroner flip it over. See more »

Quotes

Aggie Conrad: You brush your teeth?
Jessie Conrad: Yep!
Aggie Conrad: Let me smell?
Jessie Conrad: [opens mouth]
Aggie Conrad: Mmmmm delicious.
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"Pink Toenails"
Written by Laura Lynch Tull and Martie Maguire (as Martie (Erwin) Seidel)
Sung a cappella by Skye McCole Bartusiak
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Decent Kidnap Story Worth One Look
6 May 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Here's another interesting kidnap story. Sean Bean always plays a believable villain and Michael Douglas usually plays roles that keep the audience's attention....so the almost- two hours go by pretty quickly. The whole cast, actually, pretty good with no one person standing out.

The story loses points because the ending goes on too long and has the standard villain-holds-the-gun-and-doesn't shoot-too long cliché which drives critics, me included crazy. That, and a bit too many f-words in here by the female cop (Jennifer Esposito) which simply aren't necessary, and a few other holes all reduce this from a sure 9-star to an "8.....but don't misunderstand: it's worth a look.


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