Now Playing: Prisoners

(Second of three very short catch-up reviews. )

I have to say, I'm pretty intrigued by anything Hugh Jackman does; and, I love a good mystery-thriller.  enter: Prisoners.

You know who always surprises me?  Paul Dano.  That guy can act.  I can’t think of anyone else who could, in equal parts, stir up sympathy and disgust so intensely.  Gyllenhaal, Jackman, and Leo are all their usual superb selves.  The movie is tight, gripping, intense and, at some points, too real.  Creepiest line?  “They didn’t cry until I left them.”  And no, that's not even a spoiler.  Jebus.  3.5 out of 5 stars.