Movie review: Prisoners

By News Staff

Posted September 20, 2013 11:08 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal headline a crime-thriller, which was voted the third favourite movie at TIFF 2013. Film critic Leslie James finds “Prisoners” enthralling.

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