The Vanished
Came out; 2021
Time; 1 hour 55 minutes
Watched: Netflix
Rating; R for violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use
IMDB Rating; 5.7/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Anne Heche as Wendy
Thomas Jane as Paul
Jason Patric as Sheriff Baker
Alex Haydon as Justin
Peter Facinelli as Deputy Rakes
Aleksei Archer as Miranda
Kristopher Wente as Eric
John D Hickman as Tom
Kk Hein as Taylor
Storyline;
Story of a husband and wife that will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter, who disappeared on a family camping trip. When the police don't catch any leads, the duo take over.
Thoughts;
Slow, boring and extremly what in the fuck is going on moments. None of this is good. It's not even really the slow burn type of movie.
The lead up is fine, and it seems like it could have potential. As the movie goes on it just doesn't seem any better.
The police have surrended the area, yet they fail to find the campers (on the other side of the Lake) and they fail to accompy the neighbors when going out on the lake. So many things doesn't add up or make sense. The bloody hat, really isn't noticed? You really have to be kidding me here.
We watched this entire movie and kept hoping it would end. The ending wasn't a suprise. It was a bit different than originally thought, but not too far fetched.
CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
Plot Summary;
There isn't one, but here is my Plot Summary;
Wendy (Anne Heche), Paul (Thomas Jane) and their daughter Taylor (Kk Heim) along with their Pug Lucky are in an RV going camping. They pull in and get checked in by Tom (John D Hickman) who tells them what site they are on and to stop by and pay.
Paul is hooking up the RV but becomes destracted by a bikni clad Miranda (Aleksei Archer) Paul and Miranda have a conversation about going fishing and camping.
Paul hooks up the RV while Wendy goes to pay. When Wendy comes back she tells Paul that while Paul & Taylor are fishing she will make lunch. Both Paul & Wendy start calling to Taylor to come out. After the dog comes out unattended Wendy makes a statement “She probably got locked in the bathroom again” and goes in the RV to look for her. When they can't find her they call the police.
Sheriff Baker (Jason Patric) and Deputy Rakes (Peter Facinelli) show up and take statements from Miranda, Eric, Paul & Wendy. A search party shows up and starts searching the woods.
Wendy & Paul go searching on their own as an escaped Prisioner is also on the loose, they find a man sleeping on the ground next to a fire with a gun by his side. Wendy reaches over to grab the gun, the man wakes up, Wendy fires, shooting him in the head and killing him. They take the gun and run.
The next scene is Wendy in the shower washing off the blood. The Sheriff comes knocking to advise the prisioner has been caught but they still have no signs of Taylor. He also tells Paul about the man they found dead. He was a survivorlist who lives off the land. You'll see Wendy's bloody hat on the counter that the sheriff doesn't notice. Paul spills coffee on the sheriff, wipes the counter with the hat and throws it away. (This is a major goof because later we see Wendy wearing the hat again)
This movie goes through 3 or 4 days and each event happens on a different day.
Paul & Wendy search Miranda & Eric's RV while they are away. They almost get caught by the pair and tell them they were just wanting to go with them in the morning to search the river. The morning arrives and all 4 go out in a rinky boat. While searching Eric says they need to go back as they are going to run out of gas. Wendy says she sees something in the river, they go over and find it's a garbage bag full of just garbage. A fight between the 4 breaks out, the gun is drawn and somehow the boat flips over. Wendy kills Miranda with the gun and Paul kills Eric with a knife. Dumb because the bodies are discovered later and one at a time.
Wendy goes to the camp office and goes through the door. She discoveres a room where child porn was filmed. Tom catches her, knocks her out and starts throwing away the video tapes. Wendy gets herself out of the bounds and ends up killing Tom after a fight in which she kills Tom with a hammer.
After a little bit Wendy & Paul leave and are seen driving away. Meanwhile at the police station Sheriff & Deputy are on a video call with Paul's brother. It turns out that Taylor drowned 6 years before and Wendy & Paul like to do things like she is alive, they hurry to the RV park and find them gone.
We see Wendy & Paul in the RV listening to a video of Taylor, the same scene that was the opening to the movie. Then it ends. Thankfully because this was way too long and boring.
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