Movie Cosmos - Proof of Life

Description:

When American engineer Peter Bowman is kidnapped while working in South America, his wife Alice enlists special agent Terry Thorne to help free him. However, complications arise when Thorne falls in love with her. Their lives are on the line, their hearts out on a limb.

Top Cast >

Meg Ryan

As Alice Bowman

Russell Crowe

As Terry Thorne

David Morse

As Peter Bowman

Pamela Reed

As Janis Goodman

David Caruso

As Dino

Anthony Heald

As Ted Fellner

Stanley Anderson

As Jerry

Gottfried John

As Eric Kessler

Alun Armstrong

As Wyatt

Michael Kitchen

As Ian Havery

Margo Martindale

As Ivy

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

As Arturo Fernandez

Pietro Sibille

As Juaco

Vicky Hernández

As Maria

Norma Martínez

As Norma

Diego Trujillo

As Eliodor

Aristóteles Picho

As Sadro

Sarahi Echeverria

As Cinta

Carlos Blanchard

As Carols

Raúl Rodríguez

As Tomas

Mauro Cueva

As Rico

Alejandro Cordova

As Rambo

Sandro Bellido

As Mono

Miguel Iza

As ELT Officer

Roberto Frisone

As Calitri

Tony Vázquez

As Fred / Marco

Claudia Dammert

As Ginger

Rowena King

As Pamela

Michael Byrne

As Lord Luthan

Jaime Zevallos

As Nino

Gilberto Torres

As Raymo

Flora Martínez

As Linda

Laura Escobar

As Cara

Marco Bustos

As Alex

Jorge Medina

As Berto

Gerard Naprous

As Pierre Lenoir

Aleksandr Baluev

As Russian Colonel

Dmitriy Shevchenko

As Russian Sergeant

Zbigniew Zamachowski

As Terry's Driver

Said K. Saralijen

As Chechen Leader

Óscar Carrillo

As Trial Honcho

Pedro Martínez Laya

As Trial Honcho

Wolframio Sinué

As Trial Honcho

Alonso Alegría

As Master of Ceremonies

Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

As Terry's Son

Stefan Gryff

As Bank Official

Yolanda Vazquez

As Notary

Top Crew >

Taylor Hackford

Director, Producer

Thomas Hargrove

Novel

William Prochnau

Author

Charles Mulvehill

Producer

Steven Reuther

Executive Producer

Tony Gilroy

Screenplay

Danny Elfman

Original Music Composer

Slawomir Idziak

Director of Photography

Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

Production Coordinator

Michael Stevenson

Second Assistant Director

Bruno Rubeo

Production Design

Ruth Myers

Costume Design

Anna Pinnock

Set Decoration

Steve Shewchuk

Set Decoration

Sheldon Kahn

Editor

Lew Rywin

Producer

David Appleby

Still Photographer

Mark Bakowski

Digital Compositor

Reviews:

John Chard (6/10)

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

2015-06-20