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6.0/10
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Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Christopher J. Quinn
- Chris the Cop
- (as Christopher James Quinn)
Edmund Genest
- Sarcastic Dentist
- (as Edmond Genest)
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- TriviaAdrien Brody really had braces put on his teeth for his role as Harry, rather than get fake ones put in every day. He realized this was a mistake when he realized that he couldn't get into a fight at a bar because his upper lip would be destroyed by the braces.
- GoofsDuring the first car chase immediately after the small red car pulls in front of Harry and Det. Foster the passenger-side door panel can be seen smashed in. This is before any contact between the two cars.
- Crazy creditsFilmed between torrential rainstorms on location in New York City
- SoundtracksBring Me the Gun
Written by Shaij Ticotin & Premonanda Ram Johannes
Performed by Cross of Snow
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Oxygen: Hit and miss thriller
Starring Adrien Brody and Maura Tierney this little thriller has some good ideas but thoroughly fails to correctly utilize them.
It tells the story of a cop facing her demons while getting pulled into a case where a millionaires wife has been kidnapped and buried alive. The kidnappers are demanding cash for her location, but is everything as it seems?
Though I don't consider Brody a competent actor he is suitably evil here and plays the part well. Lead Tierney however is a passable actress with a real likeability fact, sadly she seems to be stuck with one single facial expression in every scene of every role she has ever taken. If I had to describe it I'd say the look of a woman who just witnessed her cat pee in her handbag 2 minutes before she's due to go out.
What lets the movie down the most is the weak sub-plot, it just simply isn't needed and takes the movie in directions it simply shouldn't have gone down. Due to this the actual plot feels watered down and not given 100% of the attention (Which it should have had).
Oxygen isn't terrible, it's just decent ideas in the hands of poor writers.
The Good:
Cast are competent
Couple of good ideas
The Bad:
Sub-plot damages the film
Should have been longer
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I don't like Adrien Brodys face
A cat may have peed in Maura Tierneys handbag
It tells the story of a cop facing her demons while getting pulled into a case where a millionaires wife has been kidnapped and buried alive. The kidnappers are demanding cash for her location, but is everything as it seems?
Though I don't consider Brody a competent actor he is suitably evil here and plays the part well. Lead Tierney however is a passable actress with a real likeability fact, sadly she seems to be stuck with one single facial expression in every scene of every role she has ever taken. If I had to describe it I'd say the look of a woman who just witnessed her cat pee in her handbag 2 minutes before she's due to go out.
What lets the movie down the most is the weak sub-plot, it just simply isn't needed and takes the movie in directions it simply shouldn't have gone down. Due to this the actual plot feels watered down and not given 100% of the attention (Which it should have had).
Oxygen isn't terrible, it's just decent ideas in the hands of poor writers.
The Good:
Cast are competent
Couple of good ideas
The Bad:
Sub-plot damages the film
Should have been longer
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I don't like Adrien Brodys face
A cat may have peed in Maura Tierneys handbag
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- Platypuschow
- Jul 8, 2018
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,088
- Gross worldwide
- $3,088
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