Diane Lane trying to trace the killer in this traceable thriller , "Untraceable".
Untraceable, is a thriller starring Diane Lane or should I say a torture film? This film is directed by Gregory Hoblit who also directed "Fracture" in 2007. This film is about a woman, Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) who works in the FBI's cybercrime and her job is to fight identity theft. One day, there is a website called killwithme.com which the killer torture the person in live. The more visitor visit the site, the faster the person die. Jennifer has to trace the killer quickly before the people around her including her family die in the killer's hand. First of all, what I'm going to say is the genre of this film is unique, it is a combination of "Enemy Of the Sate" and "Saw". But the only I hate is the story. The story is totally "traceable", the story is not really good in the first place. It's like you watching a cat chasing rat story film, it's nothing special and not plot twist. Other than that, this film makes you feel like you're watching a torture film. It contain too much torture scene in the first place and it completely didn't fit the genre of this film. If it is a horror or torture genre film, it will be a better film. Gregory Hoblit done a great job in creating a very dark atmosphere in this film but if only it is a horror film. Other than that, the ending is too short, it makes the audiences feel like "Is that it? No more?". In a good way, I like the cinematography of this film, it is great where a thriller should be. Besides that, the technique which the character using in solving problem is brilliant. This is the reason why it is a good intelligence film, but some part of this film is very stupid and you'll keep thinking why she do that why she didn't do that. Anyway, the acting is great especially Diane Lane, she has a great performance in this film. She also create a great atmosphere to the situation she faced in this film. Overall, this is not a great thriller, no surprises and not intense but sometimes I really admire some of the elements from this movie.
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