Jun 08 2008
Diane Lane’s film “Untraceable” should have been called Unwatchable.
Another bland entry in today’s films without a soul is the Diane Lane action flick Untraceable. A wise playwriting professor told me the worst kind of criticism is anyone who says EITHER ‘that was the worst thing I’ve ever seen” or “That was the best thing I’ve ever seen.” Well I’m about to break that rule: this film was awful. The movie should have been called Unwatchable. It was film that tried to take a premise from Saw and use a Silence of the Lambs type treatment; it fell flat on its face. Diane Lane who plays a cyber detective tracks a killer who uses a website to kill people. Exciting premise, which just didn’t have the script to match. We find out the identity of the killer half way through the film so that subtracts ALL the suspense. Then some clichéd character flaws lead to said character’s demise, and a lack luster ending with some EXTREMELY POOR acting by the killer.
My advice again to Hollywood is if you’re going to blend a couple of films together expect to get pulp instead of concentrated juice. Poor show.
