Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
- pennsylvania
- usa
- kidnapping
- detective
- symbolism
- investigation
- father
- vigilante
- psychological thriller
- brutality
- neo-noir
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Terrence Howard — Franklin Birch
- Melissa Leo — Holly Jones
- Paul Dano — Alex Jones
- Dylan Minnette — Ralph Dover
- Zoë Soul — Eliza Birch
- Erin Gerasimovich — Anna Dover
- Kyla-Drew — Joy Birch
- Wayne Duvall — Captain Richard O'Malley
- Len Cariou — Father Patrick Dunn
- David Dastmalchian — Bob Taylor
- Brad James — Officer Carter
- Directed
- Denis Villeneuve
- Written
- Aaron Guzikowski
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 13,457 ratings
- Studio
- Alcon Entertainment, 8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
