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Kerry Bellessa’s “Amber Alert” is one to watch out for due to the tension. A child abductor on the run and a rideshare in hot pursuit makes for a pretty straightforward plot. But the plot still keeps wheeling, a rarity among films of this type. “Amber Alert” centers around the serendipitous partnership of two strangers to rescue a child following a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnapper. Whether they catch him or get caught instead is explored in this article, but the thrill is one for the keeps.
What is an AMBER Alert?
AMBER, a short form for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, was launched in the year 1996 following the shocking abduction and death of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas. The alert now adopted all over the States, is issued when a child drives dangerously close to death. The AMBER alert is really standing on an incredibly intricate system of give and take between various pieces of machinery- state or national.
According to WHQR, “AMBER Alerts interrupt regular programming and are broadcast on radio and television and DOT highway signs. And when you get them to your phone, that’s because your cell provider has agreed to opt into disseminating the alerts to its customers”. The number of children who have been rescued due to the AMBER Alert makes it a case of tech in shining armor.
Amber Alert (2024) Plot Summary and Movie Synopsis:
How will Jacqueline and Shane react to the AMBER Alert during their unexpected journey?
Right off the bat, we meet Jacqueline Dana, a working professional, who has booked a ride to reach her destination. When her ride ditches her, she tries to bargain hard with another car just next in line. The driver, Shane, has no way out than to accept her deal, even if it means turning late to his son’s birthday party.
A distraught 911 call alerts the police about the abduction of a seven-year-old girl, Charlotte Bryce from a park in a quaint, green suburban locality in Centennial, Colorado. The suspected vehicle is a run-of-the-mill Toyota Camry with an unrecorded plate number which makes the hunting work even more laborious. The mother of the child, Monica, arrives at the police station with a photograph of her daughter. Sergeant Casey issues an AMBER Alert which arrives as a notification on every phone in the area, including that of Jaq and Shane.
Is Jacqueline’s instinct right, or is she chasing the wrong lead?
A few moments later, Jaq spots a black Toyota Camry like that in the picture accompanying the amber alert and is gung ho on bypassing it and checking inside the car. Shane tries to pacify her by saying that a Camry is the most common model that can be seen out and about. Jaq calls 911 and alerts them about the fast-moving vehicle before them. Due to the large volume of calls that are all trying to reach the same goal, in the absence of concrete details from Jaq’s end, Cici, the 911 operator, does not converse too much and hangs up.
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Just as Shane is about to pull up next to the car at a signal and peek inside the window of the car, the AMBER Alert flashes on the traffic signboard. The driver who seems to have got a whiff of the impending danger grows cautious, breaks the red light signal, and skids off rashly. This causes Jaq to be certain that they are indeed behind the actual car.
How is Jaq certain that they are following the right car?
The suspect halts at a gas station and so does Jaq and Shane. Noticing the man entering the adjacent convenience store, Jaq ventures out of Shane’s ride to get a closer look at the Camry. Shane who by now has grown invested in this amateur manhunt is not ready to leave Jaq alone and asks her to stay connected to him on the call. Cici, on the other hand, gets a caller on the line transferred from Gilbert dispatch trying to notify about a Camry with a little girl in the backseat.
Jaq moves too close to the car and spots the legs of a little girl wearing white shoes and pink socks. Despite her incessant knocking and calling, the girl does not wake up. Meanwhile, the driver arrives and Jaq slips one of her earbuds into the backseat to eavesdrop on his conversations. However, there’s a catch– if Shane’s car gets too far away from the Camry, the call will drop and if they linger too close, the driver will notice them.
Did Jacqueline and Shane just let the real suspect slip away?
When the Camry halts at an open lot, Jaq and Shane become conscious of getting noticed and pretend that their car has broken down. The driver approaches them and offers to help. He realizes that the two have been following him. When confronted about the girl in the backseat, the man claims it is his daughter, Olympia. He further claims that he is taking the girl to one of his aunts who is a mystic healer for her arrhythmia.
As Jaq proceeds towards the car to check up on the girl, her phone alerts her of the new update regarding the amber alert. This time the alert carries the suspected vehicle’s license plate number, which does not correspond to the one they have at hand. They have no other choice than to let the man go. As the man wheels away, Jaq spots that the little girl has woken up.
Has the chase turned into a deadly game of deception?
Shane redirects their route but is shocked to hear Jaq calling 911 again with info on the car from the Amber Alert. Cici refuses to entertain the call citing a confirmed sighting already in the pipeline. Jaq explains to Cici that the man who they had a brush with was the one who called 911 and gave a bogus license plate number. When Jaq tells Cici that the little girl she spotted wore white shoes and pink socks, Cici alerts Sergeant Casey. Casey connects to Jaq and asks her to exercise caution while following the vehicle.
At this moment, Jaq who had noted the driver’s phone number by eavesdropping calls the driver. Jaq tries to strike a deal with the driver. When the driver threatens to kill Charlotte by pushing her out of the speeding vehicle, Jaq tests him by saying that they will not stop for the body of the child and instead follow him till the end. Right at that moment, Jaq and Shane notice the door of the car open and the body of the child flung out of the car. As they stop to take a look with pounding heartbeats over what awaits, the scene ends with the disclosure that what was flung out was not a body but a porcelain doll– the same doll that was used to lure Charlotte into the car.
Will Jaq and Shane follow the suspect till the end?
When the night falls, Sgt. Casey calls again. Jaq realizes that the one number that she was mistaking for a social security number from what she heard through eavesdropping is actually a birthdate. And, the call was made to a pharmacy. In fact, it is the driver who suffers from arrhythmia and not the child. Cici finds out that the birthday checks out to one Benjamin Williams. Monica pleads with Casey to let Jaq and Shane follow the man to his Tannersville address. Sergeant Casey however understands that her wishes fall well beyond legal parameters so he decides to go there himself. Knowing that Casey will still be hours behind Jaq and Shane, Monica calls Jaq to seek help.
Amber Alert (2024) Movie Ending Explained:
What dark secrets does Williams’ house reveal about his victims?
Jaq and Shane notice a pharmacy still open and are certain that this is the one to have received the call from Williams. They arrive at Williams’ dark and decrepit den. Thankfully Jaq’s earbud is still transmitting the suspect’s words and moves. Shane– pretending to be a staff from the pharmacy– calls Williams and asks him to get all his prescriptions from the pharmacy to direct him out of the house. When Williams goes out, the two force their way into the house.
Dimly lit and bedecked with macabre elements, the house is symptomatic of the unsettling state of mind of the suspect. In one of the rooms, Jaq finds a stack of scrapbooks and albums with the names of children embossed on them. The one that is immediately reachable to her has the name of Olympia. As she skims through the pages of the coquettish scrapbook adorned with photos of the girl, one grim detail shakes her entire being. The last photograph of Olympia looks like one that was taken while she was sleeping but upon closer look one can understand that it is her dead body that has been photographed.
What happens to Charlotte and Jaq?
Charlotte is finally found in the basement, caged and cooped up. She is so frightened that she refuses to look up even when Jaq assures her of their intentions. Jaq and Shane realize that Williams has already been to the pharmacy. The entire act was just to lure them inside the house. The three–Jaq, Shane, and Charlotte– scuttle around the house looking for a corner to hide, with Williams in hot pursuit.
When Williams catches up with Jaq and Charlotte at the child torture room, he drives a bullet into her chest. Jaq is no longer able to move and prepares to die. However, Sergeant Casey arrives just in time and guns down the creep. The film ends with Charlotte reconciling with her mother and Jaq looking lovingly as she is boarded into an ambulance.