Untraceable Reviews
It was a lean week for horror movies, but we saved you the choicest cuts of reviews for the new serial killer movie Untraceable. You may want to throw popcorn at the screen--but you'll probably update your Web security settings when you get home.
"The film presumes that its audience is terrified of all things Internet, a place where even an innocent computer game can hide a security-penetrating, potentially life-destroying program." --Keith Phipps, The A.V. Club
"Torture porn for housewives." --Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly
"Lane has quite a role here. Her task, in scene after scene, is to look at a screen and register horror. The gradations of horror increase, starting at anonymous-furry-creature horror, and eventually graduating to oh-no-is-that-my-dear-friend horror." --Mick LaSalle, The San Francisco Gate
"Certainly, the filmmakers see it more akin to Silence of the Lambs, employing depravity in service to a taut story centering on a strong woman. But comparing Untraceable to Silence of the Lambs is like comparing Lawrence of Arabia to Ishtar." --Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun
"It's an involving movie, well-acted and fast-paced. But you may need a shower afterward." --Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
"Naturally, Lane is partnered with a male detective (Billy Burke, in a standard-issue performance), but, to the writers' credit, there's not a hint of sexual attraction between them." --Kamal Al-Solaylee, Globe and Mail




















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