Ophumelele iOscar yoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo, UJamie foxx kukuthethathethwano lokugqibela lokuvala isivumelwano sokuthatha inxaxheba umboniso bhanyabhanya obambeleyo njengoMmi. Le filimu eya kuzulazula kuhlobo oludumileyo lwe "psychological thriller" luya kudibanisa isenzo kunye nedrama yomthetho.
Umlingiswa oza kudlala uJamie Foxx uya kuba lixhoba lenkqubo yezomthetho, oya kuthatha isigqibo sokuziphindezela ngesandla sakhe, emva kokufunda indlela umbulali wentombi yakhe kunye nomfazi uya kuhamba ngokukhululekile kwizitrato zeso sixeko. Uzakukhapha lo mdlali ubalaseleyo, uGerard Butler, kwindima yomncedisi wegqwetha lesithili oya kuba kwelinye icala leFoxx.
Ifilimu iya kuba sezandleni UFrank Darabont (Inkungu, Obalaseleyo) kwidilesi, ibhalwe kwaye iboniswe ngungqondongqondo we Kurt wimmer Abo bajongene neefilimu ezifana ne-Equilibrium kunye ne-Ultraviolet, ngokungathandabuzekiyo bathembisa ukuba enye yeempumelelo ezinkulu ze-2009.