Combine the emotional weight of a tearjerker with a classic kidnapping nail-biter and you get the impressive results of TRAPPED. Director Luis Mandoki (ANGEL EYES) knows that it can't hurt to pull a few heartstrings to keep an audience firmly planted on the edge of their seats. From the beginning, this picture-perfect family unit oozes with sick foreboding: a glowing young mom (Charlize Theron) and towheaded daughter (Dakota Fanning) bid farewell to Dad (Stuart Townsend), a successful physician, who's on his way to a lecture. Dad no sooner boards his commuter seaplane (which he pilots himself) than all three are separately taken hostage by sophisticated kidnappers (Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, and Pruitt Taylor Vince), throwing their idyllic family life into jeopardy. TRAPPED pushes the envelope of the classic kidnapping story because director Mandoki takes full advantage of the parent-child bond to heighten the sense of pathos and urgency. This approach paves the way for some phenomenal performances. Theron offers a tearful depiction of a desperate mother, Fanning is chilling when she realizes that she is in captivity, and Vince gives an inspired performance as the conflicted kidnapper who hates his job.

Theatrical Release: SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Ending
Trailers
Featurette: Making Of
Audio Commentary:
1. Luis Mandoki - Director
2. Greg Iles, Don Roos - Screenwriters
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies

Stuart Townsend: Actor, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMA
Charlize Theron: American actress, MONSTER
Kevin Bacon: Omnipresent American actor, FOOTLOOSE, MYSTIC RIVER
Courtney Love: Singer, actress
Dakota Fanning: Actress, I AM SAM/CORALINE
Pruitt Taylor Vince: Supporting Actor

Luis Mandoki: Director

Luis Mandoki: Director
Mimi Polk Gitlin: Producer, TRAPPED (2002)

Greg Iles: Screenwriter, TRAPPED (2002)
Don Roos: 

John Ottman: Composer/Editor, SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)

"...Skillfully handled....[The film] generates some genuine tension, features some provocatively nasty moments and toplines some good thesps in very good from..."
"...[Bacon gives] a from-the-gut performance..."
"...Director Luis Mandoki always has a strong grasp on his characters' psychological states..."