Endure

Endure is a 2010 crime thriller film directed and written by Joe O'Brien. It stars Judd Nelson, Devon Sawa, Tom Arnold and Joey Lauren Adams. The story revolves around a police detective investigating a photo of a female victim who is gagged and restrained to a tree, which is found inside a car involved in a fatal car crash.

Plot

Police detective Emory Lane (Judd Nelson) is called in to investigate when gagged 29-year-old hostage, Daphne Mayton (Clare Kramer), is left in the woods and restrained to a tree late at night; her perpetrator 47-year-old Douglas Macey (Tyler Cravens) is killed in a car accident afterwards. At the crash site, the accident leaves traces, including a photo of a gagged Daphne in front of a tree, a Polaroid camera, blood stains, a cellphone and keys, which are found inside the car.

Captain Ted Stillman (Dennis Neal) of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement pairs Emory with rookie detective Zeth Arnold (Devon Sawa) to work on the case. They all realize it will be a grueling search for the victim due to the acres of land she was left within. Simultaneously, Emory's wife Sirena Lane (Joey Lauren Adams) suffers from a severe heart condition which often interrupts his duty. After the autopsy is conducted, Zeth investigates the neighborhood that links to Douglas' car registration address, finding out Douglas was a troubled boy growing up. Emory also gathers more info about Daphne from a missing person's report.