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Prisoners

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Brett Alan Dewing
Sep 23, 2013
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Perhaps the first great film of the year, Prisoners is a terrifically tense, twisty thriller that hits heights the genre hasn't seen since The Silence of the Lambs.  Hugh Jackman turns in a vengeful and vulnerable performance as the father of a girl who disappears.  She and her friend (whose parents are played terrifically but briefly by Terrence Howard…

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