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Oxygen

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When housewife Frances Hannon (Laila Robins) is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody). After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.

Critics Reviews

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 10/23/2006
2/4
Tierney definitely has what it takes to carry a film; it's unfortunate that this vehicle doesn't give her much of substance to carry. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 05/26/2006
3/4
Writer/director Richard Shepard manages a skilled, brilliantly-acted thriller with plenty of genuine suspense and fresh ideas. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/03/2005
2/5
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 04/09/2005
C+
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Audience Reviews

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Jerod S @jeroduptown Sep 18 Oxygen had potential - psycho smart killer buries a lady and then plays with cops and the FBI. Young Brody with braces. See more nick s @Nick_S Feb 20 A fairly entertaining movie with Silence of the Lambs vibes. Again the cornered criminal plays power games with the protagonist. It does drag a little as the philosophical lectures outstay their welcome. And it's a bit overwrought, slipping into the absurd. But otherwise well acted and shot. See more Mark S Feb 10 This is honestly one of the most frustratingly awful films I have ever watched. It's as though they didn't have enough dialogue or story to fill the time so they just dragged out every pause, every look into the camera, every damn thing. It was appallingly directed. What an effing disgrace of a movie. See more Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 09/04/2024 It’s a standard procedure thriller but it’s an solid debut for Writer and Director Richard Shepard (Salem, In the Motherhood) with solid performances by Maura Tierney (Welcome to Mooseport) and Adrien Brody (The Singing Detective) See more 03/06/2023 The cops were all terrible actors 2.7. Story kept you interested though See more don s 11/01/2016 In my quest to see all things Maura Tierney has done, I came across this extremely dated "psychological thriller" that plays more like a TV movie of the week than a theatrical release. Tierney is always good,but she had so little to work with here you really couldn't tell. Brody overplays his role, and the bits about her broken psyche being like his because she enjoys pushing the line between pleasure and pain is more Psych 101 than actual thought process. Ho hum. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When housewife Frances Hannon (Laila Robins) is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody). After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.
Director
Richard Shepard
Producer
Mike Curb, Carole Curb Nemoy, Richard Shepard, Jonathan Stern
Screenwriter
Richard Shepard
Distributor
Ascot Video, Ardustry Home Entertainment LLC, A-Pix Entertainment, UNAPIX Entertainment
Production Co
Abandon Pictures, Paddy Wagon Productions, Curb Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 12, 1999, Wide
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby