Trapped

Trapped (2002)

  • 18% of critics liked it
    (56 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (21,281 ratings)

A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in different cities while their young daughter… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Greg Iles, Don Roos
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Sep 20, 2002 Wide
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Lim, Village Voice

    Brisk hack job.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    The movie is a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie.

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    Not really bad so much as distasteful: We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    True to its title, it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    Well acted, well casted thriller about a kidnapping of a little girl that was carried out more creatively than most. The movie immediately draws you into it and you feel almost feel like you are in it. Bacon was fantastic as the bad guy coupled with a very good performance by Theron.

  • Bruce B


    Have seen this film more then once. Its a good film but one only needs to see it once/ A very young Dakota Fanning in this one. Kevin Bacon plays the ultimate psycho kidnapper. And Courtney Love is a take charge Bit*ch who knows how to kick As*. Plenty of suspense but only needs to… More

  • Nicki M


    Decent thriller spoiled by a ridiculous ending. Would have been a lot better without the crashing cars and explosions. The whole cast (with the exception of a weak Stuart Townsend), are good in this - even Courtney Love, to my surprise. Dakota Fanning, excellent as always and Kevin… More

  • Dean !


    Kevin Bacon stars in another tense thriller along side the beautiful Charlize Theron.

  • Leigh R


    Thriller of thrillers. Great ride...

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