Inspired by accounts of underage vigilante girls in Japan turning the tables on Internet predators, playwright Brian Nelson's schematic tale of the hunter captured by the game, a queasy blend of exploitation-movie nastiness and blunt moral lesson, generated heated controversy at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. After weeks of flirtatious e-mails, coltish 14-year-old Hayley Stark (17-year-old Ellen Page) and 32-year-old fashion photographer has-been Jeff Kohver (stage veteran Patrick Wilson) arrange to meet at a Los Angeles mall cafe ominously called Nighthawks. The handsome and well-mannered Jeff doesn't look to Hayley like some perverted criminal, and Hayley certain...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins