|
 TRAPPED
With
Charlize
Theron,
Kevin
Bacon,
Courtney
Love,
Stuart
Townsend
Directed
by
Luis
Mandoki
At
this
pre-Oscar™
stage
of
her
career
Ms
Theron
was
still
being
cast
as
the
beautiful
young
wife,
this
time
round
placed
in
the
position
of
victim,
decider
of
her
child's
fate
and
empowered
avenger.
A
crafty
bastard,
his
wife
and
dumb
cousin
perform
careful,
disciplined
kidnappings
with
well
plotted
contingency
plans,
never
failing
-
but
it
would
be
naive
to
think
that
our
suspicions
didn't
lean
towards
this
occasion
being
different?
When
our
latest
victim
and
her
husband
become
the
target,
her
instincts
seem
to
be
no
match
for
their
cunning
-
up
to
a
point.
With
mother,
father
and
young
daughter
held
hostage
in
three
different
locations,
it
looks
as
though
there
would
be
no
way
out
but
to
comply
with
the
ransom
demands
-
and
the
lustful
ones
from
the
mastermind…But
with
a
competent
hand,
director
Mandoki
manages
to
keep
us
intrigued
(with
a
twist
or
two)
without
it
falling
into
TV-movie
hell.
Tense
and
well
acted
in
parts
(especially
from
the
little
girl),
Trapped
won't
go
down
in
the
annals
of
cinematic
brilliance,
but
will
surely
make
for
a
good
time
spent
in
front
of
the
box.
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