Untraceable (2008)

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Writers (WGA):

Robert Fyvolent (screenplay) &
Mark Brinker (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You.

Plot:

FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes more personal.

Plot Keywords:

Single Mother | Murder | Profanity | Chase | Taser

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Diane Lane	...	Agent Jennifer Marsh
Billy Burke	...	Detective Eric Box
Colin Hanks	...	Agent Griffin Dowd
Joseph Cross	...	Owen Reilly
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Stella Marsh
Peter Lewis	...	Richard Brooks
Tyrone Giordano	...	Tim Wilks
Perla Haney-Jardine	...	Annie Haskins
Tim De Zarn	...	Herbert Miller
Christopher Cousins	...	David Williams (as Chris Cousins)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	...	Arthur James Elmer
Trina Adams	...	Female Cop #3
Brynn Baron	...	Mrs. Miller
John Breen	...	Richard Weymouth
Dan Callahan	...	Trey Restom - Spoiled Preppie

Also Known As:

Streaming Evil (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Ireland:18 | Israel:18 | USA:R (certificate #43915) | South Korea:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:18 | France:-16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Oaks Park, Portland, Oregon, USA

Company:

Cohen / Pearl Productions

Trivia:

Release prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake name, "One Way Lane".

Goofs:

Continuity: Marsh asks the call box operator to be connected to the Portland Field Office, but she ends up talking to Detective Box.

Quotes:

Agent Griffin Dowd: What's he into?
Agent Jennifer Marsh: High-end tech and low-end porn.
Agent Griffin Dowd: You sure he's a guy? If it's a women, she could be my soulmate.

Soundtrack:

The Man on the flying trapeze

Untraceable (2008) ***

Entertaining thriller about a crazed young computer geek who becomes the deranged moderator of his own "Kill With Me" live internet feed where he displays new victims being slowly tortured to death. The more hits he gets at his site, the faster the people featured on his webcam die.

This is disturbing in making us realize what depths we've sunk to in our society, and what morbid curiosities can do. I especially liked that the 40-something Diane Lane is the star as the police woman who tries to apprehend the killer, instead of relying on the usual Jessica Alba or Sarah Michelle Gellar "honeys" of late.