History Film / Chained

* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: Some rather twisted examples. Bob and Rabbit play a card game, except the "cards" are actually the driver's licenses of the women Bob has killed and the game involves identifying their personal information. And they drive through the city together searching for a young woman to abduct and murder, witg Bob even acknowledging he's happy that Rabbit is with him.

* MurderInTheFamily: [[spoiler:Bob murders his sister-in-law, while Rabbit kills his uncle and father]].

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler:Sarah is the only {{good parent}} Rabbit has and he loses her when he's nine]].

''Chained'' is a 2012 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by Jennifer Lynch ([[Creator/DavidLynch David's]] daughter) and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Weber, and Julia Ormond.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Brad]], who front as a {{family man}} drops when he's confronted by Rabbit about what he's done.

* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: Some rather twisted examples:
** Bob and Rabbit play a card game, except the "cards" are actually the driver's licenses of the women Bob has killed and the game involves identifying their personal information.
** Bob and Rabbit drive through the city together searching for a young woman to abduct and murder. Bob even acknowledges he's happy that Rabbit is with him.

* SoundOnlyDeath: Most of Bob's victims are killed off-screen and only their screams are heard by Rabbit, with none being more traumatic to him than [[spoiler:the sounds of his mother being murdered]].
* TraumaButton: Bob witnessing an abusive father berating and striking his son brings back memories of his own abusive father.

** He does [[spoiler:stab Angie, but as a last resort measure to save her life from Bob]].

* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: A rather twisted example. Bob and Rabbit play a card game, except the "cards" are actually the driver's licenses of the women Bob has killed and the game involves identifying their personal information.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Brad]]. Initially presented as an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom by insisting that Sarah and Rabbit take a cab home instead of a bus, it turns out that he was [[spoiler:fully aware of what was going to happen because he hired Bob, his brother, to get rid of them]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As bad as he is, Bob does seem to care about Rabbit. [[spoiler:He should care considering that Rabbit is his nephew]].

Bob (D'Onofrio) is a {{serial killer}} whose occupation as a cab driver allows him to abduct young women and murder them in his home. When a young boy (Bird) takes a ride in his cab, Bob has a different fate in store for him: the boy, renamed "Rabbit" by Bob, becomes his [[MadeASlave personal prisoner]] who must not only help with Bob's normal day-to-day activities, but is also forced to assist Bob in his crimes and clean-up the carnage Bob creates. Several years pass and the now teenage Rabbit (Farren) continues to experience death and suffering on a near-daily basis, but Bob begins to show care for the young man, treating him less like a slave and more like a son. Bob's motives, however, remain less than benevolent and being granted freedom from his captor will require Rabbit to do [[MoralEventHorizon something he won't be able to come back from]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Bob pushes Rabbit to become a killer [[spoiler: which results in him becoming the first person killed by Rabbit as well as being stabbed with his own knife and buried alongside his victims]].

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Sarah, whose death continues to haunt Rabbit even after he escapes from Bob]].

''Chained'' is a 2012 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by Jennifer Lynch ([[Creator/DavidLynch David's]] daughter) and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Webber, and Julia Ormond.

''Chained'' is a 2012 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by Jennifer Lynch ([[Creator/DavidLynch David's daughter]]) and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Webber, and Julia Ormond.

''Chained'' is a 2012 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by Jennifer Lynch ([[Creator/DavidLynch David's daughter]] and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Webber, and Julia Ormond.

-->You are looking to be shackled to this fucking wall for the rest of your life, mister!

''Chained'' is a 2012 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by Jennifer Lynch and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Webber, and Julia Ormond.

* WouldntHurtAChild: While Bob has no problem [[WouldHitAGirl murdering women]], he spares Rabbit and keeps him alive (albeit as a prisoner) in his house. [[spoiler:Although Rabbit being his nephew might have been the main reason why Bob didn't kill him]].

[[caption-width-right:279:''From now on, this is your world.'' ]]

->'''Angie:''' How long have you been here?

Bob (D'Onofrio) is a {{serial killer}} whose occupation as a cab driver allows him to abduct young women and murder them in his home. When a young boy (Bird) takes a ride in his cab, Bob has [[FateWorseThanDeath a worse fate in store for him]]: the boy, renamed "Rabbit" by Bob, becomes his [[MadeASlave personal prisoner]] who must not only help with Bob's normal day-to-day activities, but is also forced to assist Bob in his crimes and clean-up the carnage Bob creates. Several years pass and the now teenage Rabbit (Farren) continues to experience death and suffering on a near-daily basis, but Bob begins to show care for the young man, treating him less like a slave and more like a son. Bob's motives, however, remain less than benevolent and being granted freedom from his captor will require Rabbit to do [[MoralEventHorizon something he won't be able to come back from]].

* ChekhovsSkill: Rabbit's knowledge of human anatomy allows him to [[spoiler:stab Angie in a location where there are no organs]], satisfying Bob without [[spoiler:taking her life]].

** Her effort is unfortunately in vain as Rabbit is unable to leave her before Bob knocks her out.* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bob has Rabbit educate himself in human anatomy so he'll know how to efficiently kill future victims. Instead, Rabbit uses his anatomy knowledge to [[spoiler:save Angie by stabbing her where no organs are located, making it appear to Bob that he killed her while actually keeping her alive]].

** Her effort is unfortunately in vain as Rabbit is unable to leave her before Bob knocks her out.
* MoralEventHorizon: Bob notes that the first kill is the hardest, but once that boundary is crossed, the rest are easier and he expects Rabbit, like him, to become a proficient killer once he takes a life.
** [[spoiler:Although the ending leaves Rabbit's morality ambiguous, it is implied that he did not cross this boundary because he killed Bob and Brad to save Angie and Marie, respectively]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bob has Rabbit educate himself in human anatomy so he'll know how to efficiently kill future victims. Instead, Rabbit uses his anatomy knowledge to [[spoiler:save Angie by stabbing her where no organs are located, making it appear to Bob that he killed her while actually keeping her alive]].

* AwkwardFatherSonBonding: A rather twisted example. Bob and Rabbit play a card game, except the "cards" are actually the driver's licenses of the women Bob has killed and the game involves identifying their personal information.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: In order to finally escape from the suffering he's surrounded by, Rabbit has to overcome Bob [[spoiler:and his own father]] and the pain he's put through. [[spoiler:Whether he actually obtains a happy ending is left open-ended]].

''Chained'' is a 2012 Main/PsychologicalThriller written and directed by Jennifer Lynch and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell. It stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Eamon Farren, Gina Philips, Conor Leslie, Evan Bird, Jake Webber, and Julia Ormond.

* SoundOnlyDeath: Most of Bob's victims are killed off-screen and only their screams are heard by Rabbit, with none being more traumatic to him than [[the sounds of his mother being murdered]].

Bob (D'Onofrio) is a {{serial killer}} whose occupation as a cab driver allows him to abduct young women and murder them in his home. When a young boy (Bird) takes a ride in his cab, Bob has [[FateWorse ThanDeath a worse fate in store for him]]: the boy, renamed "Rabbit" by Bob, becomes his [[MadeASlave personal prisoner]] who must not only help with Bob's normal day-to-day activities, but is also forced to assist Bob in his crimes and clean-up the carnage Bob creates. Several years pass and the now teenage Rabbit (Farren) continues to experience death and suffering on a near-daily basis, but Bob begins to show care for the young man, treating him less like a slave and more like a son. Bob's motives, however, remain less than benevolent and being granted freedom from his captor will require Rabbit to do [[MoralEventHorizon something he won't be able to come back from]].