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Untraceable

Play trailer 2:26 Poster for Untraceable R 2008 1h 41m Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website and the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
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Critics Consensus

Despite Diane Lane's earnest effort, Untraceable manages to be nothing more than a run-of-the-mill thriller with a hypocritical message.

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Alonso Duralde MSNBC 05/01/2008
1/5
[T]he honkingly stupid script is the kind that inspires Mystery Science Theater call-and-response. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 02/29/2008
3/5
Lane is an imaginative actress, every bit as good as Jodie Foster, and the film is clothed in a dark and chilly atmosphere that Hoblit constructs with some skill. Go to Full Review
Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) 02/29/2008
2/5
The problem with Hollywood films condemning the public appetite for torture is that they frequently pander to it, and this is a very lurid and unsavoury example. Go to Full Review
Julie Washington Cleveland Plain Dealer 08/17/2017
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We, the real-life audience, are as sick as the movie's fictional viral audience if we reward the studio behind Untraceable with our dollars. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/02/2014
1.5/4
For all the would-be with-it cyber/techno-speak, strip that all away, and Gregory Hoblit's film is completely stale and cliched thriller nonsense. Go to Full Review
Steve Newton Georgia Straight 07/06/2010
1/5
Untraceable boasts a respected director (Gregory Hoblit of Fracture and Primal Fear), and a popular movie star (Diane Lane) but it's still about people getting tortured to death. Go to Full Review
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Emily K Nov 24 I saw this movie when I was very young still from this day. It gives me the creeps. I saw it when I was getting into high school. I saw it when I was a sophomore in high school. I will never forget the one scene with the acid. It made me shake so violently bad I just kept my eyes closed really the entire film and I will never watch the scene or movie again because it has creeps me the heck out of me. And I don’t recommend this watching this movie because I saw it a long time ago and I didn’t like it and I just don’t like the movie. See more James P Apr 11 Underrated psychological, action, crime thriller. Diane Lane can pull off the 'federal agent' role pretty well. Still looks gorgeous here in her early 40's. Creepy killer and decent support from Colin Hanks and Billy Burke. Is there nothing that the beautiful, foxy Lane can't do? See more Bruno V Mar 24 Filme que envelheceu mal, mas seria bom se empregasse mais ação por parte dos atores. See more angela g 11/28/2024 Good movie with diane lane and Colin hanks. but I wished they had made a sequel. See more Emma L 09/13/2024 3.5/5 A less gory saw film, only with traps the victims can't escape. I liked the premise of showing the dark side of the internet, unfortunately I think the viewers then reacted much like humans would today. The cops are great and characters are portrayed well. A reasonable amount of gore without being unbearable, which I appreciated. Worth a watch for a thriller/horror See more Gabriel S 09/08/2024 The story follows FBI agent Jennifer Marsh, who is specialized in cybercrimes, a single mom dealing with her fully commited life to the Bureau while trying to juggle time with a, what, 12 (-ish; 8?) old daughter. She stumbles upon a website broadcasting live the torturing and killing of a cat, and that sparkles on her the urge to shut down the site. Sounds quite stupid when you don't have the actual premise at hand, right? The advertised premise is that Jennifer is hunting a serial killer, but I'm laying out how the movie rolls. I guess the writers where playing a reverse Save the Cat!(r) Of course things ramp up fast when the broadcast starts transmitting live murders for all of America to watch. The movie itself falls into the okay, alrighty, department, if you look past the oddity. Something is amiss, for sure. Is this a crime movie? Well, yes, but the crimes are too high concept, and the killings are kinda off-screen if we think about it, even though rating is R. Is this a mystery movie? Well, investigation is there, but shattered, unconnected pieces of information until one plot point sort of reveals the whole "whydunit." Well, then what about Untraceable being a thriller? Sigh, the only thrilling aspect for sure is the pursuit of who is the serial killer, but the final revelation is just a bit meh, generic. "He is doing it because he had a trauma" sort of explanation, quite boring. But, like I said, the movie is okay overall. It's one of those you watch just because, you have the time to spare, you are already half-way through the movie; let's just give it a shot. When it ends, you just turn off the TV and go do something else. Alright, but dismissible. Late review entry: turns out this movie won a "Golden Trailer Award." I guess that's about what's decent in this movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website and the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
Director
Gregory Hoblit
Producer
Steven Pearl, Andy Cohen, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Hawk Koch
Screenwriter
Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Lakeshore Entertainment
Rating
R (Strong Gruesome Violence|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$28.7M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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