Tuesday 5 June 2012

Gone (2012) 7/10

Starring : Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley
Director : Heitor Dhalia
Running Time : 91 mins

Jill Conway (Seyfried) is forced to relive the horrific events of being kidnapped, when her sister disappears from the house they share together. The problem is the police never believed Jill was kidnapped in the first place as they were never able to find where she was kept and also discovered that Jill had been institutionalized following the death of her parents. Now Jill finds herself having to track down her sister before she is killed by the same man that kidnapped and tried to kill her.

It seems that the majority of the public despised this movie, but I didn’t think it was that bad. Saying that Seyfried’s behaviour is strange and makes it hard for us to support her is a bit silly when you take into account that she has been diagnosed with a mental disorder. I enjoyed the fact that almost to the end we as an audience aren’t sure whether or not Jill did imagine the whole kidnapping and if, in fact, she is a nutcase. There are some plot holes, don’t get me wrong, but what film doesn’t have plot holes. This is an interesting thriller that should keep most people interested from beginning to end, even if they don’t support the lead character.

You’ll like this if you liked : Taken 2



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