The wages of sin, guilt, vengeance and redemption weigh heavy on the characters of «Prisoners,» a spellbinding,
sensationally effective thriller with a complex moral center that marks a grand - slam English - lingo debut for the gifted Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve.
Before he knows it, the young man, who is African - American in a presumptively all - white part of town, instigates the storyline in writer - director Jordan Peele's satirically shrewd,
sensationally effective thriller.