Synopsis
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
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Cast
- Diane LaneAgent Jennifer Marsh
- Billy BurkeEric Box
- Colin HanksGriffin Dowd
- Joseph CrossOwen Reilly
- Mary Beth HurtStella Marsh
- Peter Gray LewisRichard Brooks
- Perla Haney-JardineAnnie Haskins
- Christopher CousinsDavid Williams
- Jesse Tyler FergusonArthur James Elmer
- Brynn BaronMrs. Miller
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Unfolding like a better-than-average episode of a first-rate TV police procedural, Untraceable is a satisfying slice of solidly crafted meat-and-potatoes filmmaking. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Highly watchable, anchored sturdily by Lane's convincing performance. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Lane skillfully sells the tech-heavy script. But after a much-too-early reveal of the murderer's identity, the ''low battery'' signal starts to flash on this film by thriller specialist Gregory Hoblit, director of last year's far superior "Fracture." - 50
ReelViews
The film, which has the ingredients for a thoughtful, tense thriller throws away a compelling first half so it can descend into silliness and clichés. - 50
Washington Post
From its very first scene, Untraceable isn't the sophisticated, brainy thriller it so nearly could have been, but just another movie about a serial murderer. - 42
The A.V. Club
Not only does Untraceable unmask its initially hidden killer with little ceremony, it's the sort of film that telegraphs every new development. - 38
Chicago Tribune
The latest, Untraceable, owes everything to “Lambs,” and to “Se7en,” and to all the “Lambs” and “Se7en” knockoffs made by directors less talented than Jonathan Demme and David Fincher. In addition to being dull, the Portland, Ore. -set Untraceable is a monster hypocrite, wagging its finger at the mass audience’s appetite for strictly regimented, “creative” torture scenarios. - 30
Village Voice
Directed by Gregory Hoblit from a screenplay by a trio (a trio!) of whomevers, Untraceable hasn't the brains of a class-act psychothriller like "The Silence of the Lambs" (though it does reprise that film's titillating homophobia); worse yet, it lacks the balls to juice up the trashy verve of the "Saw" series.
