Tortured (2008)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Nolan Lebovitz

Writer:

Nolan Lebovitz (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 2008 (Sweden)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes the only way to stop a criminal is to become one.

Plot:

An undercover FBI agent faces a moral dilemma when he's asked to torture a member of one of the world's most powerful crime syndicates.

Plot Keywords:

Drug Lord | Torture | Undercover | Flashback | FBI

Cast

Cole Hauser	...	Kevin
Laurence Fishburne	...	Archie Green
James Cromwell	...	Jack
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Becky
Jon Cryer	...	Brian
James Denton	...	Murphy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alistair Abell	...	FBI Agent #4
Josh Blacker	...	Agent #1
Michelle Boback	...	PO Store Employee
Jesse Bond	...	FBI Agent
Jan Bos	...	Arbitrator
Curtis Caravaggio	...	FBI Agent
Kevin James	...	FBI Agent
Robert LaSardo	...	Mo
Patrick Sabongui	...	Coffee Shop Manager
Zak Santiago	...	Dictaphone Voice
Shayn Solberg	...	Coffee Shop Employee
Bruno Verdoni	...	FBI Administrator
Mick Wilson	...	Arbit. guard

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including torture, and language.

Runtime:

107 min | Netherlands:92 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Five Star Pictures

Absurd Thriller

The FBI Agent Kevin Cole (Cole Hauser) works undercover under the identity of Jimmy Vaughn for the powerful drug lord Ziggy trying to find his new identity after many plastic surgeries. Jimmy is assigned to torture the accountant and family man Archie Green (Laurence Fishburne), accused of embezzling ten million dollars from Ziggy, but systematically denied by Archie. The sick torture affects the behavior of Kevin and his relationship with Becky (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who leaves him after years of marriage. But the agent keeps going on his dark mission to prove that he deserves to be promoted in FBI by his own merits and not because of the influence of his father and FBI Director Jack Cole (James Cromwell).

"Tortured" is an absurd and flawed thriller with a stupid story that explores torture, one of the favorite themes of Hollywood cinema in the present days. Cole Hauser and the cast have good performances, but the twist in the plot is unbelievably ridiculous and without sense and destroys what might have been a good thriller. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Torturado" ("Tortured")