The Disappeared

2008

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 2175 2.2K

Plot summary

Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.

Director

Johnny Kevorkian Photo
Johnny Kevorkian

Top cast

Tom Felton Photo
Tom Felton as Simon Pryor
Nikki Amuka-Bird Photo
Nikki Amuka-Bird as Shelley Cartwright
Jefferson Hall Photo
Jefferson Hall as Edward Bryant
Georgia Groome Photo
Georgia Groome as Sophie Pryor
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889.26 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.78 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 36 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

A poignant if familiar story

A gritty council estate drama about a missing kid, with the usual run of domestic violence, hoodie gangs, street crime, beatings, social workers and creepy adults. It's down to earth and realistic, eliciting decent performances from its mostly teenage cast; Harry Treadaway is particularly good as the boy grieving for his lost brother. Unfortunately, though, this story is very familiar (URBAN GHOST STORY is just one of the many others I remember doing the same kind of thing), and it doesn't have a great deal to differentiate it from the rest.It's gently haunting for the most part, with the ghost story taking the form of snatched visions, unexplained domestic events and a general feeling of suspense and foreboding. The sub-plot involving a medium and her young girl was very well done, I thought, and the twist ending is undeniably powerful (if very familiar, considering all the other films ploughing the same furrow). Cast nods go to Tom Felton (Harry Potter's Malfoy) playing a refreshingly non-magical teen for once, Ros Leeming as the poignant love interest and Alex Jennings (who some may remember from Children's BBC's ALFONSO BONZO) as a kindly vicar.
Reviewed by Denicio_Del_Toro 5 / 10

Derivative, but extremely competent

Well acted, nicely shot, and with a solid score, this is a decent feature. It's only real flaws are an extremely derivative, and occasionally confused, plot; and some slightly clumsy dialogue at times.It looks good, without being spectacular, which entirely suits its council estate setting. Combined with excellent performances from the leads, it could almost work as a pure kitchen sink drama. Despite not being given much to say, Harry Treadaway and Greg Wise are a convincingly troubled father and son. The support is also broadly good; Tom Felton is particularly notable.The troubles come with the exasperatingly unoriginal plot - it borrows and from a whole selection of similar films. The good news is that it does choose some of the best to steal from; the trouble that it isn't good enough to stand up to these classics. However, it holds together well, at least until the latter stages, when a few too many extraneous ingredients are thrown into the pot.Broadly, a decent effort if not outstanding. Given the mechanics, I would be interested to see future work from the team behind it - they just need some more original ideas to start with.
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