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) (as Mark R. Brinker)

Stars:

Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross

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 Gray Lewis	...	Richard Brooks (as Peter Lewis)
Tyrone Giordano	...	Tim Wilks
Perla Haney-Jardine	...	Annie Haskins
Tim DeZarn	...	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:

murder | fbi agent | website | serial killer | torture | 

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Taglines:

A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You.

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Colin Hanks' serial-dater character mentions Peggy the secretary as an upcoming date. This is a nod to Hanks' appearance on Mad Men (2007) - Hanks plays Father John Gill, a priest who becomes acquainted with Peggy the secretary (played by Elisabeth Moss).

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Goofs

When the daughter looks out the window upon seeing her house on the computer, the crew can be seen on the far right of the screen through the window next to the one she is using.

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Quotes

Owen Reilly: [types on killwithme.com blog] Did you really think I would let you people hurt that little girl?

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Connections

Referenced in Friend Request (2016)

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Soundtracks

Clementine
Traditional
Performed by Gary Russell

User Reviews

Untraceable (2008) ***

Entertaining thriller about a crazed young computer geek who becomes the deranged moderator of his own "Kill With Me" live internet feed where he displays new victims being slowly tortured to death. The more hits he gets at his site, the faster the people featured on his webcam die. This is disturbing in making us realize what depths we've sunk to in our society, and what morbid curiosities can do. I especially liked that the 40-something Diane Lane is the star as the police woman who tries to apprehend the killer, instead of relying on the usual Jessica Alba or Sarah Michelle Gellar "honeys" of late.

*** out of ****

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Australia] Paramount [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Streaming Evil

Filming Locations:

3712 SE Carlton Street, Portland, Oregon, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,354,069, 27 January 2008

Gross USA:

$28,687,835

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$52,933,513

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