As a Dutchman I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen the original 'Spoorloos' yet (nor have I read 'The Golden Egg'), but I sure hope it's better than this American re-make.
While buying some beer, Diane (Sandra Bullock) is kidnapped by Barney (Jeff Bridges), leaving boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) left in despair. Years later we still find Jeff hanging up posters of her, wanting to know what happened to her.
When finally another woman comes in his life (Nancy Travis) he can let go a little bit. But this is exactly what psycho Barney did not want to happen. So the two guys meet...
So far, this all sounds pretty interesting, and it is. It's a bit of a different thriller, as we already know who the kidnapper is, but it all works out pretty well. Up until this point, that is...
Because somehow the last 30 minutes the movie changes from an intelligent kinda thriller into the slash and hack formula of your basic teen thriller. It kinda reminded me to the distorted ending of 'Don't Say A Word'.
It makes this movie not that credible and below average in my opinion, in particular since Bridges (an otherwise fine actor) is not at his best here. 4/10.
While buying some beer, Diane (Sandra Bullock) is kidnapped by Barney (Jeff Bridges), leaving boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) left in despair. Years later we still find Jeff hanging up posters of her, wanting to know what happened to her.
When finally another woman comes in his life (Nancy Travis) he can let go a little bit. But this is exactly what psycho Barney did not want to happen. So the two guys meet...
So far, this all sounds pretty interesting, and it is. It's a bit of a different thriller, as we already know who the kidnapper is, but it all works out pretty well. Up until this point, that is...
Because somehow the last 30 minutes the movie changes from an intelligent kinda thriller into the slash and hack formula of your basic teen thriller. It kinda reminded me to the distorted ending of 'Don't Say A Word'.
It makes this movie not that credible and below average in my opinion, in particular since Bridges (an otherwise fine actor) is not at his best here. 4/10.