Prisoners - Dark, gritty drama

‘Prisoners’ is about two young girls who disappear in suspicious circumstances and what the parents (or rather mainly Hugh Jackman) does to try and get them back.

And, as you can probably tell by that subject matter, it’s certainly no ‘feel good’ movie. You have to be in the mood for something pretty horrible and disturbing to sit through it. So, if you’re in the mood for that (and don’t have young children!), you’ll find a decent enough thriller with powerful performances from both Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal (who plays the cop in charge of the subsequent investigation).

It’s quite a long film (over two hours), so don’t expect everything to be revealed at once.

The only drawback is that, mainly towards the end, there are a few ‘ploy holes’ which the writers obviously think you’ll probably overlook as you’re caught up in the drama of the final act. If you don’t look too closely and focus on the performances, you should still enjoy what is really a pretty bleak movie.

8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one