Detained

8/8/2024

The taut, intense thriller “Detained” is a small-scale crime film that is surprisingly well done. Director and co-writer Felipe Mucci delivers a well-laid-out story with a gripping mystery, presenting an engaging hook from the start. With brisk pacing and a cleverly constructed narrative, this one is an unexpectedly solid genre film that gives off major “True Detective” vibes. In the middle of the night, Rebecca (Abbie Cornish) wakes up inside a run down police station with no memory of how she got there. Faced with two extremely combative detectives (Laz Alonso, Moon Bloodgood), Rebecca is told that she is being charged with a hit and run. Her already dire situation grows worse after an altercation leads to the death of a fellow inmate and one of the officers. With blood on her hands a