Trapped (2002 film)

Trapped

Theatrical poster
Directed by Luis Mandoki
Produced by Mark Canton
Luis Mandoki
Mimi Polk Gitlin
Written by Greg Iles
Starring Charlize Theron
Courtney Love
Stuart Townsend
Kevin Bacon
Dakota Fanning
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Music by John Ottman
Cinematography Frederick Elmes
Piotr Sobocinski
Edited by Gerald B. Greenberg
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
 September 20, 2002
Running time
 106 minutes
Country United States
Germany
Language English
Budget $30 million
Box office $13,414,416[1]

Trapped is a 2002 American-German crime thriller film based on Greg Iles' bestselling novel 24 Hours and directed by Luis Mandoki. It stars Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Fanning and Pruitt Taylor Vince, and was released on September 20, 2002.

Plot

Joe Hickey (Kevin Bacon) is a man who is apparently in the business of kidnapping rich people's children for ransom with his wife Cheryl (Courtney Love) and cousin Marvin as his accomplices. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend), the father/husband in a typical happy family, is a research physician who has just had his big career break by patenting a new anesthetic drug. The mother/wife, Karen Jennings (Charlize Theron), is a stay-at-home mother who was previously a nurse.

The couple's daughter Abby (Dakota Fanning) is kidnapped by Joe and Marvin. While Marvin takes Abby to his cabin, Joe holds Karen hostage. Meanwhile, Cheryl keeps Will at gunpoint and tells him about his daughter's kidnapping after he just gets out of a ceremony in which he is honored for his career. It is subsequently revealed that Cheryl and Joe kidnapped Abby because they believe that Will killed their daughter Katie, who had a tumor. Will admits that it was the surgeon who killed her because he was unable to stop her bleeding during the operation. Abby then starts to have an asthma attack and refuses to drink coffee provided by Marvin who mistakes her for Katie. While being watched by Joe, Karen gives Abby medicine in order to battle her illness and tries to get her back, but is forced to spend the night with Joe. He and Karen have sex together, but she slices him with a concealed knife and heads to her bathroom where she receives a phone call from Abby. She attempts to escape from Marvin's cabin but is immediately recaptured by him. He devises a plan with Abby about the exchange, while Karen stitches up Joe's wound.

Will and Cheryl head to the bank to get the ransom money while being monitored by the police. After severing police communication while listening to Joe and Cheryl's argument on the phone, Will takes his seaplane with Cheryl. After being constantly interrupted with phone calls from Joe and severing the engine prior to pulling up, Will alerts the FBI and ends up crashing in a busy freeway. Karen attacks Joe driving and phoning Marvin, forcing them off the freeway. Marvin loses control of his truck, forcing him off the freeway as well, and orders Abby to escape to find her parents, but she is captured by Cheryl. Pretending to be an FBI agent, Joe wounds Will in the leg with Karen's revolver, but he confesses to not murdering Katie. Before Joe, Cheryl and Marvin can escape, Abby's asthma returns while in their custody. Joe and Will engage in a fight, but Karen shoots Joe twice with her revolver, killing him. Will and Karen then give Abby medicine again in order to make her feel better. Will, Karen and Abby are reunited, while Marvin walks away from them and Cheryl is arrested by the police.

Cast

Reception

Trapped received negative reviews from critics, as it currently holds an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews.

Differences from the book

References

  1. ↑ "Trapped (i2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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