Untraceable (2008)

FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes more personal.

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Writers:

Robert Fyvolent (screenplay), Mark Brinker (screenplay),

Stars:

Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diane Lane	...	Jennifer Marsh
Billy Burke	...	Detective Eric Box
Colin Hanks	...	Griffin Dowd
Joseph Cross	...	Owen Reilly
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Stella Marsh
Peter Lewis	...	Richard Brooks
Tyrone Giordano	...	Tim Wilks
Perla Haney-Jardine	...	Annie Haskins
Tim De Zarn	...	Herbert Miller (as Tim deZarn)
Christopher Cousins	...	David Williams (as Chris Cousins)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	...	Arthur James Elmer
Trina Adams	...	Female Cop #3
Brynn Baron	...	Mrs. Miller
John Breen	...	Richard Weymouth
Dan Callahan	...	Trey Restom

Storyline

A secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, gets caught in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murders LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | website | chase | internet | murder | 

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Taglines:

The FBI Cyber Crimes Division hunts down vicious criminals online...but the most dangerous one is hunting them.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Australia] Paramount [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Urgency

Filming Locations:

3712 SE Carlton Street, Portland, Oregon, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£549,524 (UK) (29 February 2008)

Gross:

£1,517,882 (UK) (14 March 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Cohen / Pearl Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marilyn Deutsch, Pete Ferryman, David Freitas, Jim Hyde, Kimberly Maus, and Kerry Tomlinson are actual newscasters from Portland, Oregon's KPTV Fox 12, and played themselves in the movie.

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Goofs

When Agent Marsh's car loses electricity, she is forced to break a window to exit the car. All cars can be unlocked from the inside without electricity.

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Quotes

[online, Griffin sits in a chamber with sulfuric acid pumping into it]
Detective Eric Box: If that's water in that tank, pretty soon he's going to be sitting in battery acid.

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Connections

Referenced in A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Let Me Take That"
Written by Raney Shockne, Jeeve and Michael Angelo Garcia [aka Indijinouz]
Performed by Dirty Dollarz

User Reviews

Same old song, and dance. Not talking about the movie.

Well, I can say one thing about this movie is that is was very original. Most of the pessimistic losers out there who are fans of 'Gorror' movies will cry, and complain that it was a rip-off of the Saw series. Yeah, yeah... whatever. In reality... THIS could ACTUALLY happen. And the saddest part, is that people would log onto the site to watch THAT happen.

This movie was a little slow... It is not an action movie, does not have any nudity, no car chases, no monsters, no sex, no love triangle, no street fighting.. so the average movie-goer will find it lame, slow, and boring. I like slower movies, lets you think as you watch. Diane Lane was good, but not super. She has had better, no... much better roles. Joseph Cross plays a really creepy bad guy, with sick twisted emotions.

The movie was not great, but is surely was not a bad film. I believe if you are a real fan of Murder mystery, police detective films, with some thriller thrown in, you would, or may like this flick. With ONLY 1 Hr. and 40 Mins. if someone complains about length, they need to get checked for A.D.D. or they need to stick to teen-age comedies like Strange Wilderness, or Meet the Spartans.

Check this movie out with an open mind, don't let the pessimists cloud your idea of this film. It is an innovative film, with a good cast, and the shots of Portland, Oregon are not bad at all. I will actually give this film a 6 1/2 out of 10.