Summary
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Cast
Meg Ryan
Alice Bowman
Russell Crowe
Terry Thorne
David Morse
Peter Bowman
Pamela Reed
Janis Goodman
David Caruso
Dino
Anthony Heald
Ted Fellner
Stanley Anderson
Jerry
Gottfried John
Eric Kessler
Alun Armstrong
Wyatt
Michael Kitchen
Ian Havery
Margo Martindale
Ivy
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Arturo Fernandez
Pietro Sibille
Juaco
Vicky Hernández
Maria
Norma Martínez
Norma
Diego Trujillo
Eliodor
Aristóteles Picho
Sadro
Sarahi Echeverria
Cinta
Carlos Blanchard
Carols
Raúl Rodríguez
Tomas
Mauro Cueva
Rico
Alejandro Cordova
Rambo
Sandro Bellido
Mono
Miguel Iza
ELT Officer
Roberto Frisone
Calitri
Tony Vázquez
Fred / Marco
Claudia Dammert
Ginger
Rowena King
Pamela
Michael Byrne
Lord Luthan
Jaime Zevallos
Nino
Gilberto Torres
Raymo
Flora Martínez
Linda
Laura Escobar
Cara
Marco Bustos
Alex
Jorge Medina
Berto
Gerard Naprous
Pierre Lenoir
Aleksandr Baluev
Russian Colonel
Dmitriy Shevchenko
Russian Sergeant
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Terry's Driver
Said K. Saralijen
Chechen Leader
Óscar Carrillo
Trial Honcho
Pedro Martínez Laya
Trial Honcho
Wolframio Sinué
Trial Honcho
Alonso Alegría
Master of Ceremonies
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison
Terry's Son
Stefan Gryff
Bank Official
Yolanda Vazquez
Notary
Crew
Director
Taylor Hackford
Author
William Prochnau
Novel
Thomas Hargrove
Screenplay
Tony Gilroy
Reviews
John Chard
June 20, 2015
6
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
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$65,000,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00
Keywords
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