Director: Kerry Bellessa
A routine drive turns into a nightmare once a group of friends decides to trail a suspicious car they spot broadcasting a child-abduction alert, and there's no easy way back once they commit.
What is Amber Alert about?
What starts as a small act of civic-minded curiosity spirals fast: the friends follow the flagged vehicle expecting the police to intervene, only to find themselves trapped in a pursuit with a driver who is far more dangerous, and far more prepared, than anyone anticipated. As the chase moves from open highway to increasingly isolated terrain, the group's options narrow and their assumptions about who is really in danger get turned upside down. The film leans into real-time tension, keeping the action largely confined to vehicles and roadside stops, which sharpens the claustrophobia as night falls and cell service disappears. By the final stretch, survival depends less on outrunning the threat than on outsmarting it.
Cast & crew
Hayden Panettiere and Tyler James Williams lead the cast, joined by Kevin Dunn, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Kurt Oberhaus, Katie McClellan, Ducky Cash, and Claire Slemmer, under the direction of Kerry Bellessa.
Context & significance
Released in 2024, the film runs a tight 80 minutes and sits at the crossroads of crime thriller and horror, using the real-world premise of an amber alert as the trigger for a night that quickly escalates beyond anyone's control. Its lean runtime keeps the pacing brisk, favoring sustained dread over drawn-out exposition, and the small cast lets the film focus almost entirely on the psychological toll the chase takes on each of the friends as the situation worsens.
Where & how to watch
Amber Alert is available to stream on K-Time with a Persian-language interface, and both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are provided for the film, making the tense back-and-forth dialogue easy to follow for Persian-speaking audiences. Signing in with a free K-Time account is all it takes to start watching.