The Betrayed

The police find a crashed car but no one is inside. An injured Jamie (Melissa George) wakes up in a grim locked room. She's desperate to find her diabetic son Michael. Her captor (Oded Fehr) interrogates her for money stolen by her husband from criminals.

The first thirty minute is great. It's a solid indie starting premise. It's essentially a two hander inside a grim room. It starts going a little wrong over time. I was hoping for a small horror which uses the room and stays with mostly the two characters. It could have been super inventive with a twist. First I don't like the tapes. They keep the flow static as the movie is forced to listen to them. With each additional turn or each new character, the plot slips away from where I want it to go. It's a functional crime thriller but it's set up for something more special.

this is a very nicely done film, it has all the things of a nice suspense movie...nice and interesting plot and it keeps you guessing all the time, so don't loose any detail of the movie...i believe Melissa George played very well, she might not be the greatest actress in Hollywood but she has done well in this movie, i also saw her in 30 days of night and she wasn't bad at all.

i can't believe how low the votes are in IMDb... for sure i will give this movie 9 out of 10... i think the director made a great job here, i am not familiar with any other movie she did, but i will sure check them out.

check this movie out for yourselves and you will see... you will not be disappointed.

Well the preceding review seems to have been written by the director's ex, because this is a really good movie. Excellent performance from all the cast, impressive dialogue and story keeps you guessing till the very end. Am just glad I trusted the video preview rather than their review and it's really sad to see efforts as good as this being panned so terribly. it really is unfair to the makers of the movie.

Doesn't take itself too serious and it's kept me up through the middle of the night, believe me that's some feat. The last low budget (relatively) movie I saw that was as good as this is The Mist.

If this is a one star out of ten for anyone then the Heavens will have to come down for any movie to be worth a two star for them. WATCH THIS MOVIE ASAP and you won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!

By today's standards, it probably feels a little clunky in parts, but as a story, it's one that could be easily reimagined now, or in the future. A woman literally held captive, with a diabetic son in toe, it's a simple, but effective story, you are made to keep guessing until the end, just who, what and why.

Pretty well acted, with a young Melissa George excellent as always, and a tiny, but effective scene from Alice Krige.

I enjoyed the air of mystery, I liked the acting. I would say with certainty that this is a solid, entertaining film. 7/10

After a car accident with an apparent hit and run, Jamie (Melissa George) finds trapped in a warehouse without her diabetic son Michael (Connor Levins) that is missing. Soon her captor named Alek (Oded Fehr) comes to the room wearing a mask and explains to Jamie that her married life had been an entire lie and her husband Kevin (Christian Campbell) had stolen forty million-dollars from his cruel boss Falco (Alice Krige) and three other drug lords from the crime syndicate. The reluctant Jaime does not believe in his words and asks him to prove that Michael is alive. Alek shows audio tapes of Michael and then from her house that has been bugged since she married Kevin. Further, he tells that if Jaime does not find any lead to the stolen money he will kill Michael and her. Jamie hears the tapes expecting to save the life of Michael. Was she betrayed by Kevin or is Alek lying?

"The Betrayed" is an engaging thriller about captivity and betrayal with many plot points. The movie holds the attention and the viewer is never sure who is lying. Melissa George has a magnificent performance and the conclusion has flaws but does not disappoint. My vote is seven.

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