What did the maze mean in Prisoners?

The whole concept of a maze is that people become lost in the convolutions and complications of the structure. Prisoners puts that concept onto how people struggle to work through and escape from their traumas.

What do the snakes in Prisoners mean?

The snakes and the mazes: The killer(s) would tell the children that they would be freed if they solved all the mazes in the book. Leo's character also refers to her husband keeping snakes (she alludes that Alex had some sort of accident involving snakes and that being the reason for his mental state).

Why did the woman kidnap the kids in Prisoners?

Blaming God for not saving him, they sought to make others feel their pain. The pair began kidnapping children to turn the parents into 'demons' as they called it, forcing them to lose their mind and faith like they did. In their reign, there were only two known survivors, Bob Taylor and Barry.

Is Prisoners based on a true story?

Production. Aaron Guzikowski wrote the script based on a short story he wrote, involving "a father whose kid was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then puts this guy in a well in his backyard". That short story was partially inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".

Did they find Keller at the end of Prisoners?

The ending was purposely left ambiguous. There was an original ending where Loki moves the car and finds Keller but the filmmakers changed it on purpose and the studio ultimately left it as is. The ending does show that Loki hears the whistle, but we don't see him actually find Keller.

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Why did Alex not talk in Prisoners?

Short answer: the trauma. We didn't see much of Anna and Joy after being taken. There was just a short scene as Joy remembers it, and their mouth were duct-taped ("It put tape on our mouths"). In the hospital, we learn that Joy was drugged and thus almost completely unable to speak.

Why did Alex choke the dog in Prisoners?

But the same casual way he decided to choke the dog, he probably decided to bring the girls back to Holly. This can be the complicated nature of someone who has been hurt as substantially as Alex has been hurt.

Does Jake Gyllenhaal tics?

"The tics and those physical manifestations, that happened in my mind as I was reading it. Just before I made this movie, I was on stage in New York City playing a character who talked a lot, and had a lot of sort of nervous energy," Jake recently shared to The Wrap about his hit film Prisoners.

What does the ending of Prisoners mean?

At the end, Alex is reunited with his family after 26 years, and Kellar is left calling for help, blowing the missing whistle that Anna and Joy went off to find in the first place. That whistle set in motion the plot of "Prisoners," so it's fitting that it brings the movie to a close.

How did Keller know where his daughter was?

After an exhausting ordeal he's been through and after losing almost all hope, he hears "You were there" from Joy. Moments later he realizes where was the only place where he could've been heard (we see that clearly on his face), and it dawns on him where his daughter is (or at least was).

What happened to Keller Dover?

It is unknown what happens to Keller. He would die if Loki thought the whistle was nothing. If Loki did decide to investigate it, which he did, he could save Keller in time, but Keller would have to face prison unless Barry/Alex and his family drop the charges.

How did the girls get kidnapped in Prisoners?

Keller gets a few clues from Alex and after Joy is found, he pieces together that Holly kidnapped the two girls. When Keller confronts Holly, Holly forces him at gunpoint to crawl into a hole in the driveway where the girls (and the other child victims) were put.

How does Joy escape in Prisoners?

Later, the girls somehow managed to make a run for it from the house - but only Joy succeeds in getting away. The flashback shows Joy running through some woods and then arriving at the edge of a freeway, where presumably she was rescued by passers-by. Shiz Z.

Why did Joy say Keller was there?

When Joy sees Keller at the hospital, she remembers him being at Holly's house. Joy says "You were there, they put tape on my mouth." Meaning that when Keller was at Holly's house, Holly put tape on the girl's mouths to keep them quiet.

What do Detective Loki's tattoos mean?

The tattoos, as Jake Gyllenhaal explains, emphasize his troubled past (since he "spent six years in the Huntington Boy's Home") and give him a bit of an unusual background compared to your average police detective.

What is the drink in Prisoners?

Pruno, or prison wine, is an alcoholic beverage variously made from apples, oranges, fruit cocktail, fruit juices, hard candy, sugar, high fructose syrup, and possibly other ingredients, including crumbled bread. Bread is incorrectly thought to contain yeast for the pruno to ferment.

Why is the movie Prisoners called Prisoners?

Alex and Bob are both victims and prisoners of the Jones couple. They are additionally trapped inside their mind and are continually trying to seek a way out, a way out of the maze that the Joneses have created for them. Just like the final maze given to them that has no solution, they are unable to do so.

Is there a prisoner 2?

A man being forced to do a terrible thing in order to save his own life. A man being forced to do a terrible thing in order to save his own life. A man being forced to do a terrible thing in order to save his own life.

Does Jake Gyllenhaal have a neck tattoo?

Currently, Gyllenhaal has no tattoos, and the ones he had in Southpaw were merely a result of makeup and fake ink.

Where was the movie Prisoners filmed?

Prisoners was shot on location in Conyers and Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Filming locations included Atlanta Medical Center, Village Square Shopping Center, and Stone Mountain. Keller Dover's house was located at 700 Deering Rd SE, Conyers.

Does Jake Gyllenhaal have blue eyes?

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The star of Nightcrawler has bright blue eyes that are as clear as day.

Did the dog get hurt in Prisoners?

The end credits inform us that the American Humane Association monitored some of the animal action in the movie and that “no animals were harmed in those scenes”. This is an unusual caveat from an organisation that usually makes a point of keeping an eye on all activity on the movie set.

What did Alex say in Prisoners?

While captured in the "wooden" prison in Prisoners, Alex Jones says: "I waited but he never came".

What did Bob do in Prisoners?

That is the reason he bought/stole children's clothings, smeared them with pig blood and buried those boxes full of dolls in his garden. He was imitating the "Invisible Man", pretending to have kidnapped/killed the children, even if not ever doing it for real.

What does Keller Dover drink?

At the house, Keller demands Holly where she kept the girls. But Holly pulls a gun on Keller, forces him to handcuff himself, drink a LSD cocktail, and go to a concealed pit in her backyard.