Meg Ryan

Russell Crowe

David Morse

Pamela Reed

David Caruso

Anthony Heald

Stanley Anderson

Gottfried John

Alun Armstrong

Michael Kitchen

Margo Martindale

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Pietro Sibille

Vicky Hernández

Norma Martínez

Diego Trujillo

Aristóteles Picho

Sarahi Echeverria

Carlos Blanchard

Raúl Rodríguez

Mauro Cueva

Alejandro Cordova

Sandro Bellido

Miguel Iza

Roberto Frisone

Tony Vázquez

Claudia Dammert

Rowena King

Michael Byrne

Jaime Zevallos

Gilberto Torres

Flora Martínez

Laura Escobar

Marco Bustos

Jorge Medina

Gerard Naprous

Aleksandr Baluev

Dmitriy Shevchenko

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Said K. Saralijen

Óscar Carrillo

Pedro Martínez Laya

Wolframio Sinué

Alonso Alegría

Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

Stefan Gryff

Yolanda Vazquez

Taylor Hackford

Thomas Hargrove

William Prochnau

Charles Mulvehill

Steven Reuther

Tony Gilroy

Danny Elfman

Slawomir Idziak

Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

Michael Stevenson

Bruno Rubeo

Ruth Myers

Anna Pinnock

Steve Shewchuk

Sheldon Kahn

Lew Rywin

David Appleby

Mark Bakowski

Thriller

Action

Drama

Proof of Life

Castle Rock Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

Bel Air Entertainment

Anvil Films

United States of America

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

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Proof of Life - Trailer