Prisoners

Prisoners (2013) is the second Denis Villeneuve film I have seen (the other being Sicario) and I continue to be impressed. This, almost three hour, crime drama has some interesting twists and turns and it more satisfying tome than Gone Girl. I think this might have something to do with the fact Villeneuve uses frequent Coen brothers cinematographer Roger Deakins to create a sense of dread through the cinematography-it is an impressive outing. Hugh Jackman plays the resourceful father of a kidnapped child that takes the law into his own hands-not trusting the red-tape respecting ways of the law. The star detective in charge of the case is played by Jake Gllyenhaal. I will continue to work my way through Villeneuve's body of work after reading an interesting article about him and last year's Sicario in Film Comment. I'm not sure how he remained under my radar for so long-a true talent behind the camera. Perhaps, it is because he comes across a more traditional mainstream director rather than an art film auteur. Looking forward to seeing more film by Villeneuve in the near future.