Oxygen

"A killer. A cop. Someone's... buried alive."

Nov 12 1999 R 1h 32m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini. After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.

Plot

In Manhattan, Frances Hannon is walking with her dog on the sidewalk when she is kidnapped by two young men, Harry and Handsome. They head to the outskirts of New York and bury her alive in the woods. Then they send the tape to her wealthy husband requesting one-million-dollar ransom. The emotionally disturbed detective Madeline 'Maddy' Foster, who is secretly masochistic and has a drinking problem, is assigned by her husband and captain Tim to investigate the case and they conclude that Frances has only twenty-four hours of oxygen to breath. They succeed to catch Harry that proves to be a mastermind and she has only a few hours to try to find where Frances is. Will she succeed.

Written by

Richard Shepard

Directed by

Richard Shepard

Cast

Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paddy Wagon Productions, Abandon Pictures, Curb Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Adrien Brody In "Oxygen" (1999)
Scores
# of Votes
4,998
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA