The read
Most of the 3,247 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic60/100
262 audience votes
Key crew
- Craig ArmstrongOriginal Music Composer
- Justin HaytheScreenplay
- Pieter Jan BruggeDirector
Cast
- Robert RedfordWayne Hayes
- Helen MirrenEileen Hayes
- Willem DafoeArnold Mack
- Alessandro NivolaTim Hayes
- Matt CravenRay Fuller
- Melissa SagemillerJill Hayes
- Wendy CrewsonLouise Miller
- Larry PineTom Finch
- Diana ScarwidEva Finch
- Elizabeth RuscioCindy Mack
- Gwen McGeeKathleen Duggan
- Sarah KoskoffLane Hayes
Stills
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Themes
husband wife relationshipransomkidnappinghostagepsychopathdetectivefbimarriageforestbased on true storyemployeelove