Untraceable (2008)
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Untraceable is a American crime thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, and Joseph Cross. It was distributed by Screen Gems.
Set in Portland, Oregon, the film involves a serial killer who rigs contraptions that kill his victims based on the number of hits received by a website KillWithMe.com that features a live streaming video of the victim. Millions of people log on, hastening the victims’ deaths.
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh is a widowed single parent living in a suburban Portland home with her daughter, Annie Haskins, and her mother, Stella Marsh. At night, she works in the FBI’s cybercrime division with Griffin Dowd, fighting identity theft and similar crimes. One night, an anonymous tip leads them to a website called KillWithMe.com. The site features a streaming video of a cat being tortured and killed. The website cannot be shut down, as the creator knew that someone would try and built into it a fail-safe; every time the server is closed, a mirror server immediately replaces it.
After the cat’s death, KillWithMe.com’s webmaster graduates to human victims, kidnapping them and placing them in death traps that are progressively activated by the number of hits the website receives.
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Writers: Robert Fyvolent (screenplay & story), Mark Brinker (screenplay & story), Allison Burnett (screenplay)
Stars: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Gray Lewis, Tyrone Giordano
| Diane Lane | … | Jennifer Marsh |
| Billy Burke | … | Detective Eric Box |
| Colin Hanks | … | Griffin Dowd |
| Joseph Cross | … | Owen Reilly |
| Mary Beth Hurt | … | Stella Marsh |
| Peter Gray Lewis | … | Richard Brooks (as Peter Lewis) |
| Tyrone Giordano | … | Tim Wilks |
| Perla Haney-Jardine | … | Annie Haskins |
| Tim DeZarn | … | Herbert Miller (as Tim deZarn) |
| Christopher Cousins | … | David Williams (as Chris Cousins) |
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | … | Arthur James Elmer |
| Trina Adams | … | Female Cop #3 |
| Brynn Baron | … | Mrs. Miller |
| John Breen | … | Richard Weymouth |
| Dan Callahan | … | Trey Restom |
| Erin Carufel | … | Melanie |
| Ryan Deal | … | Cop #1 |
| Marilyn Deutsch | … | National Newscaster #1 |
| Gray Eubank | … | Ray |
| Pete Ferryman | … | Daytime Newscaster #1 |
| David Freitas | … | Five O’Clock Newscaster #1 |
| West A. Helfrich | … | Cop #2 |
| Zack Hoffman | … | Chief of Police Michael Bagley |
| Sarah Brillhart | … | Daughter of Mrs. Miller |
| Diana Brillhart | … | Daughter of Mrs. Miller |
| Ryan Hopkins | … | Acne-Faced Kid |
| Len Huynh | … | Tom Park |
| Jim Hyde | … | National Newscaster #2 |
| Dax Jordan | … | Scotty Hillman |
| Daniel Liu | … | Detective Tom Moy |
| Kimberly Maus | … | Five O’Clock Newscaster #2 |
| Kirk Mouser | … | FBI Agent Carter Thompson |
| Betty Moyer | … | Assistant |
| Katie O’Grady | … | Portland Reporter #2 |
| Jamal N. Qutub | … | Young Stoner (as Jamal Qutub) |
| Mike Smith | … | SWAT #1 (as Michael Smith) |
| Kerry Tomlinson | … | Daytime Newscaster #2 |
| David Wilson | … | Portland Reporter #1 |
| Gabby Brooks | … | Girl at birthday party |
| Kevin Dahlgren | … | FBI agent |
| Mona Jiveh | … | Maid |
| Jeff Mills | … | FBI Agent |
| Hollie Olson | … | DEA Agent |
| Todd A. Robinson | … | FBI SWAT Team |
| Haley Smith | … | Roller Skater |
| Alan Winston | … | FBI Agent |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia