Untraceable | 
| Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Diane Lane, Zachary Hoffman, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 8133
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 19134
UPC: 043396191341
EAN: 0043396191341
ASIN: B00151QYXU
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 13, 2008
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UNTRACEABLE (DVD MOVIE)
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Untraceable fuses Saw with The Net in a perverse yet moralistic story about a psychopath who broadcasts acts of torture over the internet--all to better reveal the twisted underbelly of the American public, who hasten the victims' deaths simply by looking at the website. FBI agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane, her mature-sexy mojo tamped down but still simmering in the corners of her eyes and the nape of her neck) launches a cyberhunt for the killer, only to find herself and her team caught up in his murderous scheme. It's hard to make tapping on a keyboard and staring at a computer screen exciting, but Untraceable does its best by making Marsh and her cybercrimebusting partner (Colin Hanks, King Kong) rattle off cascades of jaunty techno-jargon and do impressive bits of long-distance surveillance. The movie aims for the audience that flocked to see Ashley Judd in thrillers like Kiss the Girls and Double Jeopardy, but it's hard to say if fans of Lane's romantic fare like Under the Tuscan Sun or Must Like Dogs will enjoy the queasy violence. Nonetheless, the cast--including Mary Beth Hurt (The World According to Garp) as Marsh's mother--does a solid job and the movie clips along at an aggressive pace, maintaining tension throughout. --Bret Fetzer
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 Great date movie! June 20, 2009
Coronet Blue (California)
His dad was murdered by a kitten? I'll just say that this is not my idea of entertainment. But hey, live and let--oh, sorry.
 A lot of people didn't like this, but I'm not one of them. June 1, 2009
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
Untraceable (Gregory Hoblit, 2008)
Untraceable is a movie that made me vaguely uncomfortable, and I couldn't quite put my finger on why until I read the best/worst of 2008 lists at Dread Central, where one of the reviewers there handed it to me (never let it be said that I don't give credit where credit is due); he called it the hypocrisy of the movie, the idea that this is a movie about watching, and contributing to, evil while turning its viewers into voyeurs themselves. (He put it much better than I just did; I don't have the article to hand to directly quote.) That said, I think maybe that reviewer missed the point a bit; I got the idea that this was a conscious decision by director Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear) and screenwriters Robert Fyvolent (his first credit), Mark Brinker (also debuting here), and Allison Burnett (Autumn in New York).
The movie is the story of Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane), an FBI cybercrimes investigator. During a seemingly unrelated investigation, she stumbles upon a website whose premise is revolting, yet fascinating--a person is restrained in some way, and destined for a grisly end, with the rate at which the person will die is determined by the number of hits the website gets. Everyone who logs on, then, takes part in the murder, albeit indirectly. Once she starts tracking the guy, he finds out who she is and begins tracking her as well, turning the investigation into a game of cat and mouse; which will get to the other first?
I've been a fan of Diane Lane's for a long, long time (I first saw her in Lady Beware some two decades ago and was instantly captivated), and it's the rare Lane movie that I end up not liking. Such is the case here; I did find it an effective thriller, though some of its plot twists were all too predictable (you just know that a member of her team is going to end up in the chair at one point, because hasn't that plot twist been used in dozens of thrillers over the years?). The thing that truly makes it effective, I think, is exactly that aspect of the film that the Dread Central reviewer called hypocrisy; the idea that we film viewers are voyeurs, especially those of us who are drawn to the darker side of film. I thought the writers of this movie, adapted from an original story by Fyvolent and Brinker, were using that voyeurism idea to explore the concept that, perhaps, being drawn to darker thrillers, slasher films, and that sort of thing, which is usually viewed as a harmless, or cathartic, form of escapism is perhaps something more. It does tread a line that I find objectionable, in that it cleaves uncomfortably to the same mindset that allows people to charge that heavy metal music or Dungeons and Dragons or whatever leads to people killing each other (which is, despite its prevalence, just a ludicrous idea; if you lend it any credence, you can safely dismiss this review, as we're coming from opposite directions when viewing this movie). But I don't believe the script in any way goes over this line, and that makes all the difference. It's a clearheaded examination of this phenomenon, and I think the choice of the killer makes it relatively clear that the writers weren't trying to use him as synecdochic of an entire society (which would have been problematic, obviously, given the cause-and-effect argument I mentioned above). So, yes, there's an hypocrisy here, but I don't think it's an hypocrisy on the part of the writers; I think they were examining an hypocrisy that's endemic to our society and goading us to think about it.
I liked it. I know a lot of people didn't, so I expect your mileage will vary, but I think it's worth a rental. ***
 very good May 26, 2009
Brian M. Sparacino
this movie is great a really good horror mixed with crime solving movie its graphic and it has twists in it the only down side is after u see it the first time u know the ending so its not as great this movie would of rocked if it came with different ending options
Probably my favorite thriller of all time. May 6, 2009
Chad Sparks (Tulsa, Ok. United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not much for a lot of words, but my wife and I absolutely LOVE this movie. We've watched it about 15 times now. I love the rain in this movie and I love the cold blue look. It's got a very high tech feel as the story centers around those who use computers to catch hackers and the like. The acting is profound and I just can't get over the "feel" when watching this movie. I love it, my only wish is to find some other movies like this that are at this level of quality.
all in the name of voyeurism February 16, 2009
LARRY (Capitol Heights, MD)
Diane Lane plays an FBI agent, Jennifer Marsh, specializing in cyber crimes. Pretty soon, this FBI division are called to investigate deaths that are broadcasted via the Internet...[...] Site hits increase with each death episode. Someone is kidnapping people and killing them online. And the more site hits, the faster the victims die.
You would think that in the name of humanity, people would cease from visiting the site. However, it is our curiosity to check out the site despite what consequences may be.
However, this case becomes personal when the killer intrudes Jennifer's personal life. And like a moth to a flame, Jennifer finds herself in a mess without backup.
*Untraceable* is like a spawn of *Saw*, *Copycat*, *Silence of the Lamb* and *The Net*. A good thriller worth watching.
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