much bonded to her son(Walter Collins). Everyday he leaves her son at his school and goes for work. He picks up him on her return from work. On one Saturday when she had to work for an extra day her son goes missing. When she files a complaint to LAPD she discovers that it will not be attended for another 24 hrs since that has been the rule. Later next morning the police takes her complaint and promises her to find her son. After three months the police department finds her son, who actually was not her son and has changed a lot. Initially she had no other option than to accept the boy. Soon she discovers he was not her son and goes to LAPD and pleads them to search for her son. But the LAPD does not take any step. Instead LAPD finds all the opportunity to put her into a mental asylum. On the other hand a reverend who knows the department well helps her in all possible means to bring her son back and also the corruption into the light. Angelina discovers that most people in the asylum are brought under code 12, people who tried to bring the corruption of LAPD out in the world. She meets a person in the asylum who gives her all the confidence to strike against the LAPD. During this period a boy(Sanford Clark) was arrested on a juvenile case by a police officer Detective Lester Ybarra. Sanford confesses on killing more than 20 children with his cousin. When Sanford was asked to identify the children in the picture whom he had killed he identifies them and in particular Walter Collins. Lester who had the custody of Sanford was asked to leave everything behind and report back to base. But he takes matters into his hands and sees to that the bodies of all the 20 children are found. This brings matters to worst and the reverend finds asylum to bring Christine out. On returning back from asylum, the first thing to be done by Christine was to file a case to release all the people from asylum who are brought under code 12. She also files case against LAPD. On the other hand the murderer was also caught and brought into the court. 
In the case against LAPD, the officer who took charger of the case and his chief commissioner are given suspension for life time. On the other hand the murderer was also found guilty by the statement provided by the boy who confessed. The boy who impersonated Christine's son was also reunited to his mother but leaves a statement which confuses the press people about the efficiency of the LAPD. Christine never stopped searching for her son since she was sure of his existence. She was asked by the murderer to meet him before his execution. The murderer didn't expect her to meet him. He never told her what he did to her son. One day on her work she receives a call from a mother, who lost her child like her and informs that her son has returned. The boy who returned informed that Christine's son escaped from the murderer with him and also another boy whom he did not see after that. The boy also told that it was Walter who came back to save him and that was the reason he remembers Walter's last name. When the Lester asked Christine if she still believes that her son is alive and she replies positively. She also said that she has got one thing that day than the last night. It was nothing but HOPE.The movie depicts the HOPE of a mother to find her son and her struggle against a whole department. I have watched Angelina Jolie's movies and I think this would be her master piece of all her time. The way she acted was extra ordinary particularly when she was thrown into the asylum and when she identifies that her son was among the 20 children killed. She depicts the mother who is strong both mentally and at heart. Any movie buff should definitely watch this movie.
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