Proof of Life

Watch: Proof of Life

12/8/20002h 15m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ For her, it's personal. For him, it's a contract. ~

Overview:

Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$65,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new love
hostage
agent

Cast

Meg Ryan

~ as ~

Alice Bowman

Russell Crowe

~ as ~

Terry Thorne

David Morse

~ as ~

Peter Bowman

Pamela Reed

~ as ~

Janis Goodman

David Caruso

~ as ~

Dino

Anthony Heald

~ as ~

Ted Fellner

Stanley Anderson

~ as ~

Jerry

Gottfried John

~ as ~

Eric Kessler

Alun Armstrong

~ as ~

Wyatt

Michael Kitchen

~ as ~

Ian Havery

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 10 year(s) ago
6
We're out of miracles.

Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that of kidnapping for ransom. So many genres to tackle means that invariably Taylor Hackford's film feels over stuffed, pushing the running time to two hours and fifteen minutes, it is this that hurts it. A shame because if trimmed of the pointless filler and drawn out sequences then there is a very efficient (ok, maybe routine is a better word here) and well acted piece on show. The drama and tension (sexual and perilous threat) is all building towards the action packed finale, which, while well mounted, doesn't seem an adequate pay off for the number of extended chatty scenes we have had to tolerate to get there. Nice tip of the hat to a classic at the end, though. 6/10