Untraceable (2008)

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Directed by Gregory Hoblit.

Starring Mary Beth Hurt, Diane Lane, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks.

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Faced with the most baffling and menacing case of her life, FBI agent and cybercop Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) must race against the clock to stop a deadly Internet predator in his tracks -- before more innocent lives are extinguished. So begins director Gregory Hoblit's (Primal Fear) heart-stopping thriller Untraceable. The psychopath at hand is far from an ordinary villain; a megalomaniacal showman with a flair for sadistic braggadocio and astonishing technical knowhow, his expertise makes it infinitely more difficult for Marsh to track him down. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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Untraceable (2008)
by JJ79 in JJ79 Blog

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"The following review of "Untraceable" includes spoilers for the film. Proceed at your own risk. Every couple of years, film tackles a perceived real life problem and exploits it. I´m not talking about wars or social causes; I´m talking technology or business. Remember "Antitrust," the 2001 warning against computer companies? Or how about "Cellular" and its near preaching about the potential of cell phones? Well, here comes "Untraceable," a movie in the same vein as the others: the use of tech against the populace, a warning of sorts…and ten years too late. In the cyber crimes unit of the FBI, Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane, a dead ringer for Mariska Hargitay) gets a tip about a new website featuring, at first, a dead cat. As human beings begin to disappear-and die-on the site, the stakes are raised. But how do you find a computer wizard who is playing in his own backyard? I´m not quite sure what ran through the heads of the five credited writers of "Untrace ... " [More]

For the voyeur in you.
by scswngr in Film Obsessed

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"Suprisingly, I liked the film Untraceable. Please refrain from laughing, no really, stop now. I too was critical going into a film about an "internet terrorist", as the film so bluntly puts it, but Untraceable doesn't try to be strikingly original and its refreshing. Instead, it is a film that very easily just lets you go, feeds you enough information to keep you interested, and then proceeds to the next step. While watching a film about the dark side of internet voyeurism you quickly become the become just that, a voyeur waiting to see the cleverness of the next killing. I could have done without the preachy rant at the end of the film by the criminal of the story, Owen, played by the masterfully cast Joseph Cross. Though Untraceable questions how far we are willing to go as a society much like the films Running Man and The Condemned did. Are we truly ready so detached from violence in our society? Don't we just want to have a peak at that car chase on the freeway, that dir ... " [More]

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by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog

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"Facebook and Seesmic have banned a promotion for the international rollout of the Diane Lane film Untraceable. The movie basically bombed when it was dumped here in late January, but because people on the internet love nothing better than making fun of mainstream cultural stuff that pretends to understand the internet, it garnered a bit of snarky blog attention for its ridiculous premise alone. Lane stars as some kind of FBI cyberterrorism analyst who is charged with stopping the mastermind behind KillWithMe.com, who pledges to murder captive victims when the site reaches a quota of page views. Totally misguided attempt to plumb the new web culture as dressing for the same old thriller, and thus a sure sign that Web 2.0 is dead? Or a genius satire of the internet publishing industry? Nobody cared either way, I guess??????the film has so far failed to make back its production budget domestically. Which means its international box office is key. Which explains why Universal, desperat ... " [More]