I am not quite sure whether or not the plot of this B thriller "Untraceable" is really plausible, where a serial killer sets up a site called KILL WITH ME to show tortures and killings live on interne, but still I can say Diane Lane gives a strong performance for the film as she always does.



Actually, Diane Lane's typically committed performance to give us something credible is amazing, considering how unoriginal her role and other supporting characters really are. Diane Lane plays a FBI agent whose latest job is track down a killer streaming gruesome murders over internet. She has a lovely daughter waiting her at home; her sidekick (played by Colin Hanks) is a techno-savvy guy, and so on. And the way the film ends is very disappointing, which is something so unbelievable and even silly.



Though "Untraceable" deals with cyber crimes, the slow-paced film hardly offers thrill. The film's idea of suspense (if I may call it suspense) heavily relies on torture scenes, but watching defenseless victims and helpless FBI agents soon becomes repetitious. The film certainly tries to be intelligent, telling us something about Cyberspace, but not much. In fact, the film has so many gaping plot holes and incredible events, all of which suggest that it is basically a concoction of ideas borrowed from other films made since "The Silence of the Lambs."



I am not saying I was totally bored while watching "Untraceable," thanks to Diane Lane and capable supporting actors including Billy Burke and Mary Beth Hurt, but for all its use of cyber crimes and the FBI unit fighting them, the film is only a passable crime thriller.