Proof of Life

When American engineer Peter Bowman is kidnapped while working in South America, his wife Alice enlists special agent Terry Thorne to help free him. However, complications arise when Thorne falls in love with her. Their lives are on the line, their hearts out on a limb.

Cast

Meg Ryan

as Alice Bowman

Russell Crowe

as Terry Thorne

David Morse

as Peter Bowman

Pamela Reed

as Janis Goodman

David Caruso

as Dino

Anthony Heald

as Ted Fellner

Stanley Anderson

as Jerry

Gottfried John

as Eric Kessler

Alun Armstrong

as Wyatt

Michael Kitchen

as Ian Havery

Reviews

John Chard

We're out of miracles. Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that o...

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