Oxygen

1999

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 4963 5K

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Director

Richard Shepard Photo
Richard Shepard

Top cast

Adrien Brody Photo
Adrien Brody as Harry
Gene Canfield Photo
Gene Canfield as Joe the Cop
James Naughton Photo
James Naughton as Clark Hannon
Laila Robins Photo
Laila Robins as Frances Hannon
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
816.8 MB
1280*722
English 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 3
1.64 GB
1916*1080
English 5.1
NR
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by poolandrews 7 / 10

"Tell me, does your purple little husband lend you some of his tampons?" Nice enough thriller.

Reviewed by Platypuschow 5 / 10

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 competentCouple of good ideasThe Bad:Sub-plot damages the filmShould have been longerThings I Learnt From This Movie:I don't like Adrien Brodys faceA cat may have peed in Maura Tierneys handbag
Reviewed by FlickJunkie-2 7 / 10

Taut Crime Thriller

This made for TV psychological crime thriller exceeded my expectations. The story begins with the abduction of a rich wife for ransom. She is buried alive and her abductor sets about collecting the ransom for the location of her grave. However, this is really not the story but only the set up. The real story is about what happens after he is caught as the police and the FBI race against time to get him to reveal where she's buried.Our sociopathic villain, known to us only as Harry (after his idol Harry Houdini) is well prepared for the psychological cat and mouse game that follows as he had planned what he would do if he were caught. The result is an effective (though often superficial) contest of psychological one upsmanship between Harry (Adrien Brody) and our heroine police detective, Madeline (Maura Tierney).The story has some noticeable plot flaws for a film that is attempting to be a serious crime drama. Certain elements of Harry's escape attempts are implausible. Much of the dialogue between the police officers and FBI agents was inane drivel that made them look like idiots. There are other problems later in the story involving the buried wife that are also troubling. These are not enough, however, to mar an otherwise well crafted plot.I was most impressed by the photography, not just the look of the film, but the way the images presented themselves. Director Richard Shepard used the camera very creatively, using objects in foreground and background to dramatize certain images. There was an excellent shot of Madeline's reflection seen in extreme close-up in Harry's eye. The handheld chase scenes made you feel like you were running behind the action. This is a level of directing that is not normally seen on TV. The whole film had a very raw, real look. Things were dirty and disorganized, just like in real life rather than being carefully and symmetrically placed.The acting ranged from fair to excellent. The cops and the husband were generally pretty mediocre with moments of nausea. Maura Tierney was good but didn't have the range to play Madeline effectively. Madeline's character required a combination of tormented, pathetic self abuser and case hardened cop. Tierney was outstanding at the tormented side, but came across as tentative and flaccid as the cop (which was the greater part of the role).The best performance comes from Adrian Brody as Harry. He was wry and unsophisticated while being just close enough to the edge to keep you guessing if he was cunning or just a psychopath. He played the part with sarcastic disdain, as if the character thought he was smarter than he really was, which indeed was the case.Terry Kinney's character, Madeline's cop husband Tim, didn't give him much to work with. He was a wimpy whining loser. Kinney did an adequate job at this portrayal.I rated this movie 7/10. For those who enjoy a psychological crime thriller, it won't disappoint.
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