Hugh Jackman to star in Prisoners

[Pink Ranger]

I'm sure the detective has a bigger, stronger older brother who will come in at the end and save the girls singlehandedly.

 

[Project862006]

while hugh looks great i am happy how good jake looks in this finally back to form imo

dude doesn't get enough credit very underrated

 

[Pink Ranger]

Jake G and Joseph Gordon Levitt basically compete for the same roles, I imagine.

 

[Sawyer]

Jake G and Joseph Gordon Levitt basically compete for the same roles, I imagine.

Ehhh... I find it hard to imagine Jake in JGL's role in 500 Days of Summer or 50/50. Maybe Looper, but I don't know. And vice versa, I imagine, but I haven't watched that much Gyllenhaal stuff.

 

[MadVillainy]

while hugh looks great i am happy how good jake looks in this finally back to form imo

dude doesn't get enough credit very underrated

this

 

[Doctor Jones]

This looks very good. And yeah Gyllenhaal looks like he's got a great role in this.

 

[Van Petrol]

This looks great! Pretty much exactly as I pictured it when reading the script.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The second trailer is a winner, this looks like an excellent thriller with some interestingly different roles for Jackman, Gyllenhaal and Howard.

 

[kvz5]

 

[lime]

I sense yet another Oscar nomination for Roger Deakins:

 

[danoyse]

First reviews from the screening at Telluride are coming in. Damn, they are good so far...

http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/prisoners-review-telluride-1200593140/

The wages of sin, guilt, vengeance and redemption weigh heavy on the characters of “Prisoners,” a spellbinding, sensationally effective thriller with a complex moral center that marks a grand-slam English-lingo debut for the gifted Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve. Powered by an unusually rich, twisty script by Aaron Guzikowski (“Contraband”) and career-best performances from Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, this tale of two Pennsylvania families searching for their kidnapped daughters sustains an almost unbearable tension for two-and-a-half hours of screen time, satisfying as both a high-end genre exercise and a searing adult drama of the sort Hollywood almost never makes anymore. Fully deserving of mention in the same breath as “Seven,” “Mystic River” and “In the Bedroom,” this Sept. 20 Warners release may prove too intense for some viewers, but should ride strong reviews and word of mouth to above-average R-rated returns. It immediately enters the ring as an awards-season heavyweight.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/prisoners/review/618578

The performances also enrich the film. Jackman gives what may be the most intense and satisfying performance of his career. As the film progresses, we learn that Keller is a far more complex and tormented character than his first appearance as macho hunter suggested. A recovering alcoholic and less than perfect husband, he seems to be acting out these vigilante fantasies as a way of compensating for a deep-seated sense of inadequacy. Jackman illuminates the character’s conflicted nature without ever begging for sympathy. Gyllenhaal is also playing a troubled character, a suspicious loner who nonetheless has a strong desire to help people in need, and he wins our sympathy for this dogged detective without in any way idealizing the character.

I gotta stop reading these now.

 

[:eek:]

Looks interesting. Considering that September usually is looked at as a junkyard where movie companies dump crap movies it's fun that in recent years we had movies like Drive, Contagion, Looper and now this.

 

[Project862006]

playlist gave it a great review aswell
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...tarring-hugh-jackman-jake-gyllenhaal-20130830

 

[the last son]

Doesn't look any good to me.

 

[redhawk23]

I was a little miffed when I first saw the trailers in that they all seemed to go several steps too far in showing way too much of the plot but if reviews are to believed (some from websites that themselves criticized the trailers upon release) the actual plot goes a lot further and far darker than even what the trailers showed. Basically the trailers are made up of the first 45 minutes of a 145 minute movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I saw this in Toronto on Friday and barely got in from the rush line. Trust me, the trailers are just the tip of the ice berg. I was hypnotized from the opening shot onward. Even the occasional bright phone screen didn't take me out of this film.

Needless to say I loved it and it's my favorite film of the year. I can't wait to see this again. Jackman is so intense and raw, even scary at times. There will be moments where you'll cringe with him. Gyllenhaal was one of my personal favorite aspects of the film. And my favorite performance he's given. This is a different role for him, but he fits into it like a glove. I really hope he's given a Best Supporting Actor nomination at least.

Just go see it when it comes out next week. I sure as hell will again.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I can't wait to see it, looks fantastic to me.

 

[Van Petrol]

Been waiting ages for this since reading the script about over a year or so ago, and from what I've seen so far, it looks just as I pictured it. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Sawyer]

Haven't read any spoilers, but just from watch trailers/tv spots, I feel like this is going to end with [blackout]Jackman's character's behavior/actions forcing Gyllenhaal to kill him in self-defense[/blackout].

 

[Schlosser85]

Doesn't look any good to me.

Of course not.

 

[danoyse]

From what I've read, what we've seen in the trailers and TV spots are really just from the first 30-40 minutes of the movie.

 

[Bim]

I saw this in Toronto on Friday and barely got in from the rush line. Trust me, the trailers are just the tip of the ice berg. I was hypnotized from the opening shot onward. Even the occasional bright phone screen didn't take me out of this film.

Needless to say I loved it and it's my favorite film of the year. I can't wait to see this again. Jackman is so intense and raw, even scary at times. There will be moments where you'll cringe with him. Gyllenhaal was one of my personal favorite aspects of the film. And my favorite performance he's given. This is a different role for him, but he fits into it like a glove. I really hope he's given a Best Supporting Actor nomination at least.

Just go see it when it comes out next week. I sure as hell will again.

You've made me even more curious now! I guess i'll have to check this one out t:

 

[Rowsdower!]

This looks so, so good and I'm hearing great things.

Anyone else think Paul Dano could make a good Joker?

 

[protocida]

Haven't read any spoilers, but just from watch trailers/tv spots, I feel like this is going to end with [blackout]Jackman's character's behavior/actions forcing Gyllenhaal to kill him in self-defense[/blackout].

[BLACKOUT]Nope.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Ultimatehero]

I liked it. The acting was great. I was on the edge of my seat throughout all of it and the time seemed to rush by to me. Only thing that detracted from it was aspects, particularly towards the end, seemed rather cliche and overall it was very predictable. Still I'd give it a solid 8/10.