Trapped
Short description
Trapped follows a wealthy couple whose young daughter is kidnapped by a crew of experienced criminals who have run the same extortion scheme before. The plan calls for a twenty-four hour window, with each captor watching a different member of the family until the ransom is handed over. This time the criminals have picked the wrong household, as the parents refuse to cooperate quietly and begin fighting back, setting up a tense standoff between the abductors and their victims.
The film was directed by Luis Mandoki, whose earlier features include White Palace, When a Man Loves a Woman and Angel Eyes. It was written by Greg Iles, based on his own novel, and produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Mandoki. Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend play Karen and Will, with Kevin Bacon as the lead kidnapper, Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince as his accomplices and Dakota Fanning as their daughter Abby.
Released in September 2002, the film had a budget of about thirty million dollars and took in roughly thirteen million worldwide, a poor return. On IMDb it holds 6.1 from around twenty-seven thousand votes and on TMDB 6.2 from far fewer, while a critics' score of 4.3 from fifty-eight reviews is noticeably lower, indicating a weak critical reception against a merely mixed audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is dedicated to the memory of cinematographer Pyotr Sobochinsky (1958-2001), who died of a massive heart attack during filming.
- The initial script envisioned Abby suffering from diabetes, however, David Fincher's dramatic thriller "Panic Room" (2002), featuring a heroine with diabetes, was released first, so Abby had to be 'afflicted' with asthma instead.
- During the highway accident, Charlize Theron’s character freed a woman from the overturned car’s trunk, then ran towards the road, where she accidentally slipped. According to the director, the actress made it to the end and performed the scene entirely, overcoming the pain, but after the shout of “Cut!”, the seriousness of the injury became clear, and the actress had to be hospitalized.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
