The Vanishing
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Movie Reviews of The Vanishing
Movie Review: Suspenseful
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie starts a little slow, but builds quickly into a suspenseful thriller. Bridges does an excellent job playing a psycho and masterfully pulls off that little "thing" that just makes him creepy. Typical of an early 90s thriller, this movie is sure to entertain. If you liked "Fear" then you will like "The Vanishing" as well.Movie Review: Great movie
Summary: 4 Stars
..i saw some of this movie on cable a while back, but didn't watch the whole thing because i missed the beginning so i brought it here. I'm surprised i had never heard of this flick before as it's very well acted and a nice suspeseful thriller for those into that genre.Movie Review: Another remake bit the dust
Summary: 3 Stars
Look up instead 'The Vanishing' (1988), George Sluizer, dir. Cast: Gene Bervoets, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Cannot imagine that anyone would prefer or bother with director Sluizer's inferior 1993 remake (Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock and Nancy Travis in the role originally played by Gwen Eckhaus).
In France, Rex Hofman (Bervoets) and Saskia Wagter (ter Steege), a young couple like so many others, return home to Holland; stopping at a rest area, Saskia goes into the store. She does not come back. Rex sets out on an obsessive search, desperately seeking for information in France and Holland. The three-year investigation eventually draws the attention of her abductor.
Raymond Lemorne (Donnadieu), a respected educator and family man with wife, Simone (Bernadette Le Sache) and two children, to all appearances a normal individual, is a calculating sociopath. Raymond contacts Rex, promising to reveal what happened to Saskia. So begins Rex's terrifying ordeal. Raymond leads him and the movie audience along a psychological pursuit that builds steadily, intense, chilling and as unsettling as any.
Director Sluizer made us care about what became of Saskia, where she was, which is why we understand the circumstances that made Rex restrain himself from inflicting violence against Raymond. And we do learn about Sakia's fate, at the end, because the revelation matters. The alternate resolution in the remake, too conventional for its own good, does not.
Movie Review: The Search for a Missing Woman
Summary: 3 Stars
A young man and his girlfriend have some squabbles. They stop at a highway store for gas. Diane goes to buy a drink, but she never returns. The film shows a lone man who put a cast on his right arm to appear crippled. Diane's disappearance is advertised but there are no replies. Jeff continues with his life; he is a writer. Rita investigates his computer and finds some secrets. Jeff explains his actions. Rita works on the problem. Jeff makes his decision. He gets a letter from the man who says he kidnapped Diane. Will they meet? Will Rita be disgusted and leave? [Nobody locks their doors?]
Barney shows up for suspense. Jeff meets him and displays his feelings. Will Jeff follow Barney after being promised a meeting with Diane? Rita goes back to check on Jeff and gets the license plate number of Barney's car! Barney tells how he lured an unsuspecting young woman to his car. Jeff and Barney converse. Will Jeff do something foolish? Will Rita take that metal box? It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. There is conflict again. Rita has spunk, she is a fighter. She revives Jeff for a happy ending. "We don't drink coffee anymore."
This is an interesting story about a clever murderer who is a seemingly respectable college professor. You may find fault with parts of this suspense story. "Beware of a friendly stranger who wants to do you a favor" said Confucius. That is the moral of this story. Don't cooperate with a crazy killer either.
Movie Review: DISAPPEARING ACT
Summary: 3 Stars
Director George Sluzier has remade his classic of the same name, but Hollywoodized it for our audiences. The result is a mixed bag, blessed with good performances, but with a by the numbers script that suddenly turns ludicrous. Jeff Bridges is effective as the psychopath who kidnaps a then unknown Sandra Bullock right out from under Kiefer Sutherland's eyes. Three years later, Sutherland is obsessed in finding out what happened to Bullock. He falls for Nancy Travis (an excellent performance) and tries to start his life again...supposedly. But he is covertly tracking Bullocks whereabouts and can't shake his obsession. The movie then turns pretty outlandish when Bridges decides to tell Sutherland where he can find Bullock. We pretty much know Bullock's fate, and Sutherland's willingness to follow Bridges is pretty incredulous. A whacked out finale at Bridges' isolated cabin is more reminiscent of a slasher film and ultimately destroys the credibility of the movie's plot. A nice try but not as good as it should have been.