A tech-savvy cop vs. a psycho with a grudge and a basement. 90s thriller chaos ensues.
A mentally deranged man takes his former psychiatrist and her two children hostage in revenge for the torment he feels he suffered while being incarcerated at a hospital. Computer program developing detective, Lucas Davenport, is on the case.
Acting
Titus Welliver's unhinged basement villain energy is genuinely unsettling.
Practical Effects
Low-budget 90s hostage tension with real claustrophobic production design.
Director
D.J. Caruso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on John Sandford's 1995 novel, this was one of several failed attempts to launch Lucas Davenport as a film franchise before the character found success in the 'Prey' TV series decades later.
Sheila Kelley's performance as the trapped mother came just before her pivot to founding The S Factor, her famous pole-dance fitness empire—making this her final dramatic hostage role before a very different kind of physical storytelling.
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