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Oxygen (1999)

Oxygen poster
Directed by
Richard Shepard
Genre
crime film, crime thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 95 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective races to find a kidnapper who taunts her and her team. The case gets personal as she gets close to the criminal's game.

tensebleaksuspensefulnerve-wrackingclaustrophobicdarkurgent

What happens

Oxygen is a 1999 thriller film, directed and written by Richard Shepard. The film follows a troubled cop, Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) as she pursues a kidnapper who calls himself Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody). The film was shot on location in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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