Confined

For certainly the leading lady doesn't. I found myself rooting for the villain. For certainly Michael Hogan gave an outstanding performance. He had me glued to every move and line he uttered. With a sensitive face and distinguished looks he was wonderful. Emma Caulfield was just awful. Hard faced, overly made up (check a close up of her heavy mascara eyes) in every scene wearing skin tight jeans and tee shirts (she has grown up daughter) and her too long straight bleached stringy hair covering her face most of the time. She was downright obnoxious in this film and I was praying someone would get rid of her. Why do all these actresses and female news people have the same look? Bleached hair, too long, straight as though they just woke up and needed to brush their hair. It's a terrible look and it's passing it on to all our younger women to copy. I can count every other female on the street looking the same and talking on a cell phone. The all American woman. Anyway, I couldn't stand Caulfield's look and acting. David James Elliott fared better and could have been better had he had a decent leading lady. Melanie Papolia as the daughter seemed more mature than her mother. Erica Carroll didn't have much to do, but it was a pleasure to watch this lady on screen.

Get rid of Caulfield. Please LMN, no more of her.

The plot is iffy and I regularly found myself yelling "what is wrong with you?" at the good guys. That said, the acting is excellent all the way around. Michael Hogan in particular is chillingly effective. He's a stellar actor and well worth watching in any role, and this movie is no exception.

Victoria is almost your usual everybody-thinks-I'm-crazy Lifetime heroine, but puts in a better performance than most as do the rest of the cast. there's good chemistry between the husband and wife, and the daughter was a lot less snooty, as Lifetime usually dictates. their family actually seemed to truly love each other.

The dialogue and shooting style are what separate this from most of these women in jeopardy thrillers that Lifetime has cornered the market on.

And wait, what a truly suspenseful character?... Michael Hogan plays probably the creepiest neighbor ever. Good monologue about his dead dog, kind of like a Kathy Bates Misery unstable character-feel. Would've liked to see more of his character. He's the kind of actor that when he talks, you lean in and listen. All in all, Confined is a fun ride for a small budget movie. I was pleasantly surprised.

I agree with other reviewer. Story is poor and completely absurd. There is hardly any suspense and does not connect well. Emma suspecting the neighbor from the beginning of the movie, just having a glance at basement, does not make sense. Also in the end, neighbor coming to Emma house and attacking the David outside the house does not make sense, that too without wearing any gloves to protect himself. There are other things that are also not convincing are Michael keeping the girl in the cell immediately after his boy fell from the steps, Readily available cell, girl spending 12 years in the cell without restroom, Emma barge into Michael house to find the wall, etc.. there are so many points that are really illogical. Though movie is not convincing, it is not boring. So If you don't have anything else to do go ahead and watch..

I was pleasantly suprised! Not bad for a lifetime movie, kept you guessing til the end, unexpected twist ending. There were a couple of holes along the way but those plot holes were feel towards the end of the movie. The person who you thought was innocent turned out not to be so innocent after all. I was glad to see them both pay.