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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, Metacritic 70/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 94% of the 6,930 2010s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic70/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
13,506 audience votes
Key crew
- Denis VilleneuveDirector
- Aaron GuzikowskiWriter
- Jóhann JóhannssonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hugh JackmanKeller Dover
- Jake GyllenhaalDetective Loki
- Viola DavisNancy Birch
- Maria BelloGrace Dover
- Terrence HowardFranklin Birch
- Melissa LeoHolly Jones
- Paul DanoAlex Jones
- Dylan MinnetteRalph Dover
- Zoë SoulEliza Birch
- Erin GerasimovichAnna Dover
- Kyla-DrewJoy Birch
- Wayne DuvallCaptain Richard O'Malley
Stills
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Themes
pennsylvania, usakidnappingdetectivesymbolisminvestigationfathervigilantepsychological thrillerbrutalityneo-noirsearch for childchild abduction
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