“Prisoners”: Kidnapping Your Mind
This provocative film opens with a father and son hunting in the woods, the Lord’s Prayer recited in voiceover. The viewer sees the father, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) as a deeply religious man, a carpenter who believes in family values and the safety of his community. When his little girl and her friend go missing on Thanksgiving Day, the world he has believed in is destroyed. “Prisoners” is a powerful tale of human nature gone awry. What are parents capable of in their darkest moment, when their worst nightmare happens?
Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is put in...