Untraceable

[Brian in Mesa]

Untraceable

Release Date: January 25, 2008
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Screenwriter: Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, Allison Burnett
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for some prolonged sequences of strong gruesome violence, and language)
Website: Untraceable | KillWithMe.com

Starring: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt

Plot Summary: Within the FBI, there exists a division dedicated to investigating and prosecuting criminals on the internet. Welcome to the front lines of the war on cybercrime, where Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) has seen it all... until now.

A tech-savvy internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own website – and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands of the public: the more hits his site gets, the faster his victims die. When this game of cat and mouse becomes personal, Marsh and her team must race against the clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable.

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[Russ Smith]

OK anybody else see this? Very weird movie sort of a Saw type idea with a different angle to it.

One part that bugs me is relating to the guy with the acid wouldn't the acid have melted the plastic ties that were holding the guys arms down?

 

[Folster]

Funny that you mention "Saw", because I rented "Saw" and "Untraceable" to watch for the first time this weekend. Both were good flicks, but I like "Saw" better. Now that you mention it they did have some similarities.

I didn't think about the plastic zip ties melting from the acid. I did, however, think his skin melting would allow him to slide his arm out and disconnect the tube. I thought they foreshadowed that when they showed him look up at the tube and try to free his arms.

Although creepy, I didn't really think the kid was believable or strong enough to overpower people even with his little tazer. The stupidest part was when Lane got back in her sabotaged truck on the bridge.