leader Gregory Bennett as Heins Production Filming Principal photography of Trapped, originally titled 24 Hours, began in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 19, 2001, and concluded on June 13 of that year. The film's climactic freeway sequence was shot on Highway 19 near the Courtenay/Cumberland interchange at Buckley Bay, between May 22 and June 5. Release Box office Trapped was released theatrically in the United States on September 20, 2002, opening in 2,227 theaters. During its opening weekend, the film earned $3,210,765. It remained in theatrical release for 103 days domestically, ultimately grossing $7,073,251 in the United States. It earned a further $6,341,165 in international markets, making for a worldwide gross of $13,414,416. Critical response On the film-critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Trapped earned 17% positive reviews based on 58 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "With its plot about child kidnapping and endangerment, Trapped is an exploitative thriller, more queasy than suspenseful." Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly called the film "a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents." She felt "The most frightening sight, though, is that of Theron and Bacon, good actors trapped in the muck of making a living." Robert K. Elder of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "Excellent abduction films such as Breakdown and the original The Vanishing maintain a sense of danger and claustrophobia by keeping the conflicts mostly internal, turning up the temperature under a fluctuating tone of emotional duress. Trapped splashes its drama all over the screen, subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured, but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings." One of the few critics who gave a favorable review was Megan Turner of the New York Post who described the film as "a tightly drawn, propulsive thriller with some pleasingly unexpected kinks in the tale and a couple of believable performances from Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon in the leads." Home media Trapped was released on DVD by Columbia/TriStar Home Video on December 24, 2002. It was subsequently issued on Blu-ray by Mill Creek Entertainment as a double feature with In the Cut. Mill Creek finally released the standalone Blu-ray on April 7, 2020. References External links 2002 films 2002 crime thriller films American crime thriller films American thriller drama films Columbia Pictures films 2000s English-language films Films about hostage takings Films about kidnapping Films about families Films