# The Factory (2012)

> An obsessive detective breaks every professional boundary when the serial killer he is hunting abducts his own teenage daughter.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/87028

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Morgan O'Neill
- Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Mae Whitman, Dallas Roberts, Sonya Walger, Michael Trevino, Ksenia Solo, Mageina Tovah
- TMDB rating: 5.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132285/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: grim, tense, bleak, late night thriller viewing, dark crime marathon

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