Movie Review - Untraceable

Untraceable, what to say about this. On one hand this movie asked a fairly interesting question, that is how dangerous is the anonimity aspect of the internet, but all-told I left unfulfilled by this movie.

Essentially you have a really disturbed person capturing people and putting their torture on the internet. However, the torture was linked to the number of people that logged on to the website. As an example, at one point a person is cemented into place with a host of bright lamps placed around him. The more people that log on to the site, the more lamps turn on.

Without giving away too much about the movie, I did find it interesting the large question of morality that the internet does pose. If you (the general you, not actually you) are in a world (in this case, the internet) where essentially you have no identity and are not held accountable for what it is you do, what would you do?

I found this question to be almost too big, though, too general. In listening to the audio commentary (maybe it was one of the special features, I can't remember) one of the creators of the movie said if the movie situation was playing out in real life, he would likely log on to the site and watch, only to later be disgusted with himself. In that respect, maybe the movie served as a bit of a cultural mirror and I didn't like what I saw.

Special effects were certainly graphic and I would not suggest this movie for anyone that is doesn't like movies of this sort (I would lump this in with the Saw movies).

The movie is rated R, so basically if you aren't 17, you shouldn't be seeing it. But, if you qualify to watch a rated R movie, it has the possibility of being a one-watch kind of thing.

Two and a half stars out of five.