Despite the drought of postings (explanation in today's other post), I have been putting pen to paper whenever possible. Here' ssomething I drafted for an IMDB forum.

"Tempting, without doubt, to think of UNTRACEABLE as a high tech variant on Silence of Lambs, but don't fall for it. Too easy and wrong. Could n't be a greater difference

Hannibal Lecter, is better considered as almost an aristocratic killer; charming in his extraordinarily malevolent way, slyly humoured, and mannered enough to choose fine wines. A very private sociopath, he is the chess player of murderers. I cannot imagine him courting attention. His playpen is the battle of minds. A villain from a time before instant fix celebrity, before Reality TV and before the internet created the possibility for twenty four hour global voyeurism. And this is where I think a number of commentators on this thread have lost themselves expecting UNTRACEABLE to retread the road that Hannibal walked.

UNTRACEABLE is one of the best - and watched properly - most thoughtful discourses on the shadow side of the internet. A baby-faced killer uses the thing he knows best - the internet - to shock a world and at the same time make them complicit in his own crimes. A cyber-killer who encourages spectacle. How twenty first century can you get ! This is the dark side, the very dark side of social networking and the inherent voyeuristic creepiness of millions. Seems strange to say but there can't be that many steps from voting someone out of the Big Brother house to this.

This is a narcississtic age intoxicated by the notion of quick celebrity. UNTRACEABLE is where it meets the anti-matter of warped thinking and sadism. It had me riveted in my seat, and sweat stains on my shirt. For a movie to work for movie, it needs to make me think. This really does because the ingredients for the world it posits lie all around...and how frightening is that...

In terms of the specifics: Dianne Lane got it just right, nothing overwrought in her performance, played it very well. Punchy, well handled script. Good movie. Put it on your to see list"