oxygen start one sunny afternoon in new york city a france hannon ( laila robin ) be walk her pet dog around the block and a man ( adrien brody ) approach her a begin to chat to her and at first he seem a pleasant and charm young man but he soon change a he become aggressive and he threaten her and make her get into a nearby car . he and and his accomplice ( michael henderson ) and drive off to a wood where they bury france alive in a wooden coffin and she have about 24 hour worth of air leave and the clock be tick . detective madeline foster ( maura tierney ) and her partner jesse ( paul calderon ) be call onto the task force to find france and apprehend her kidnapper . they be both briefed and france rich husband clarke ( james naughton ) have receive a videotape that demand he pay a $ 1 and 000 and 000 ransom or france will be leave to suffocate and die an agonising and terrify death . the money drop off go ok until the kidnapper figure out the police be watch him and foster have no choice but to arrest him without the knowledge of where france be and once in custody he refuse to say anything and will france be find in time before she run out of air and why do her young kidnapper seem so clam and almost a if he be enjoy himself or maybe there be other less clear motif behind the event of the previous day . write and co produce and direct by richard shepard i think oxygen be a nice tight and taut little thriller that isn not the sort of thing i usually like but it have a certain something about it . the script at it most basic be pretty grip and absorb a time run out for france while harry the kidnapper toy with the police and fbi and although i have to say once harry be arrest and stick in that room the pace slacken considerably . i would say that what oxygen deal with be what many would consider their bad nightmare and be bury alive and slowly run out of air and perhaps more could have be do with this concept a it concentrate a little too much on the game play by harry with the authority . one more thing and harry precise and exact plan rely far too much on luck and thing he simply have no control over to make me convinced that he could have come up with such an elaborate and implausible scheme . i mean his whole plan be base on the fact that he would be place in one room and in that they would handcuff him in a certain way and that he would definitely be able to pick the lock and that they would agree with his demand to the absolute letter and that there be a air condition vent in the room just big enough to crawl through and that he could actually reach it as well a be able to keep total control over a hostage so they do not raise the alarm . that an awful lot of coincidence and a whole lot of luck a well . the character be well developed and flesh out and they have a little bit more depth than usual i love the monologue about the lethal injection from the fbi agent who be mean to be intimidate . director shepard do an ok job without be particularly outstanding and a a whole oxygen be a little bland and forgettable but the solid story should paper over the lacklustre visuals . the film lack any real tension or excitement but it do retain one interest throughout and again thanks to the story . there isn not any violence to speak of except a gory gunshot wound at the end . technically oxygen be ok and it competently make and there be a few nice new york shot and a couple of minor car chase although there isn not much action a it a dialogue and storyline drive film . the acting be good especially from the two lead and tierney a the cop and the effective brody a the cold and calculate villain . oxygen be a good thriller and it short on action or violence but it have a good strong story to compensate . personally i think it well worth a watch .