Oxygen
1999 · Movie · R · 92 min · ★ 6.1 · 72% critics
A wealthy woman is abducted and buried alive, leaving investigators with only a day to find her before her air runs out. As a troubled detective follows the kidnapper’s clues, the case becomes a tense psychological battle against time.
Also known as Dying to Escape
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-11-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (94 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy dark, time-pressure thrillers like Panic Room; Not for you if you need airtight logic, subtle drama, or consistently believable police behavior.
Pros: tense ticking-clock setup; strong lead performances; creepy mind games | Cons: noticeable plot holes; heavy melodrama; uneven final stretch
Themes
- new york city
- death penalty
- miami, florida
- ransom
- kidnapping
- cemetery
- buried alive
- pay phone
- theft
- police station
- masochist
- magician
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Maura Tierney
as Det. Madeline Foster
Adrien Brody
as Harry
James Naughton
as Clark Hannon
Laila Robins
as Frances Hannon
Terry Kinney
as Tim
Paul Calderon
as Jesse
Dylan Baker
as Jackson Lantham
Olek Krupa
as Madeline's Lover
Frankie Faison
as Phil Kline
Slavko Štimac
as Jerome Jerzy
Directed by Richard Shepard