Untraceable

Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Diane Lane

This is the story of a technology-savvy serial killer who displays his graphic murders on his own website. The FBI Internet Crimes division must work quickly to track him down.

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Gregory Hoblit

Released: January 25, 2008

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DVD Released: May 13, 2008

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  • May 6, 2009
    Agent Griffin Dowd: "What's he into?"

    Agent Jennifer Marsh: "High-end tech and low-end porn."

    Agent Griffin Dowd: "You sure he's a guy? If it's a women, she could be my soulmate."


    Psychological thrillers, such as Untraceable, are...

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  • February 4, 2009
    It has a bit of pro-internet censorship theme. Seriously, I haven't seen a more elaborate yet unconvincing argument for net censorship.

    The only scary part of this movie is the glimpse into the life of Feds who track net crime. Good thing they're too busy with pedos and scammers... ...( read more )
  • December 8, 2008
    Untraceable, in the spirit of good psychological crime thrillers, attempts to rejuvenate a genre with the addition of a new element: torture porn. Where others have succeeded, this film fails miserably...

    Essentially what the director attempted to do was mix two cult cl... ...( read more )
  • November 23, 2008
    An impressive performance by Diane Lane who leads the cast in this Serial Killer thriller, where the excitement commences immediately and continues until the very end.

    I am a huge fan of these type of stories and although the killer wasn?t as strong a character as it could hav... ...( read more )
  • November 2, 2008
    "A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You."

    A serial killer with a sickening knack for showmanship and a keen sense of technological know-how sets up a graphic website to taunt the FBI and display his gruesome handiwork in this dark thriller directed... ...( read more )
  • June 29, 2009
    Yea I really liked this. Similar to Saw, and I can really imagine people tuning in to watch if this really happened. And the guy looks a bit like Wayne Rooney.

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February 29, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Very unpleasant, though skilfully put together by director Gregory Hoblit and acted with beyond-the-call empathy by Ms Lane. full review

January 25, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV

...the picture is grimly unpleasant, and the formulaic conclusion subverts whatever earnest intentions were present at the beginning. full review

January 25, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

This joyless thriller runs the gamut from unconscionable through unwatchable to unendurable. It's also unfathomable that two talented people, Diane Lane and her director, Gregory Hoblit, got themselve... full review

January 25, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Untraceable feels sleazy and gratuitous. full review

January 25, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

As plain awful as Untraceable is, possibly the worst thing about it is that it pretends to mean something. full review

January 25, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Untraceable is a horrifying thriller, smart and tightly told, and merciless. full review

January 24, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Over and over again, Hoblit misses opportunities to make an engaging picture, instead giving us a merely pedestrian one. full review

January 24, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

It would be good to shrug off this film as an unwatchable mess, but sadly it is the work of skilled actors and a proficient crew. full review

January 23, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Talk about your pious frauds. I've got a better way to show your disgust for Internet scum: Don't see Untraceable. full review

Comments


  • perfectgentlemn
    August 9, 2008
    Good Movie, interesting, Diane Lane worth watching anyways...lol ;-) Enjoy.
  • pavacri23
    June 1, 2008
    the movie is boring at the beginnign but later this movie gets really good. if you liked saw you will like this one too
  • nicksic1
    May 25, 2008
    A predictable and easily forgetable movie. Its like saw on the internet, how original!
  • pooglywoogly
    May 20, 2008
    you guys should actually go to the site in the movie, killwithme.com
  • tombriggs15
    May 11, 2008
    Now this is a cool movie, the killings in this remind me of the way jigsaw kills his victimns in saw, a very smart movie that i couldnt keep my eyes off.
  • LennieZ1
    April 17, 2008
    Can a moderator please delete all those spam comments? A bit annoying..

    Oh nice movie by the way =) Finally some 'real/realistic' internet/fbi/computer movie, no strange interfaces and stuff.. nice =)
  • stevemahoney5
    April 14, 2008
    BAD MOVIE UNTRACEABLE
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