Trapped is a 2002 American-German crime thriller film starring Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Fanning, and Pruitt Taylor Vince, and is directed by Luis Mandoki. It was released on September 20, 2002. The film is based on Greg Iles's bestselling novel, 24 Hours. Kevin Bacon's character, Joe Hickey, is a man who is apparently in the business of kidnapping rich people's children for ransom with his wife Cheryl and cousin Marvin as his accomplices. A typically happy family whose father/husband, Will Jennings , is a research physician who has just had his big... career break by patenting a new anesthetic drug. The mother/wife, Karen Jennings is a stay at home mother who used to be a nurse. The couple's daughter Abby is kidnapped by Hickey and Marvin. Meanwhile Cheryl keeps Will at gunpoint and tells him about his daughter's kidnapping after he just gets out of a ceremony in which he is honored for his career. The movie then follows the tense situation lived by the couple, separated by the bandits and kept in the dark as to what the outcome to their predicament is to be.
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| Release date: | September 20, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Luis Mandoki |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Luis Mandoki |
| Music by: | John Ottman |
| Cinematography: | Frederick Elmes, Piotr Sobocinski |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |