Gone (2012)

Directed by: Heitor Dhalia | 94 minutes | drama, thriller | Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore

In ‘Gone’, Jill (Amanda Seyfried, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘In Time’) struggles to get back on track after being kidnapped by a psychopath a year earlier. He held her captive in a hole in the woods, but she miraculously escaped. Because the police never found the perpetrator and do not believe her, the man who kidnapped her was never arrested. Jill is convinced he is still after her.

When her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) disappears from the house where they live together one night, Jill sees her worst fear come true. She does everything she can to save her. For this she will have to look for the man she fears, because otherwise she is afraid that her sister will be killed that same night.

Amanda Seyfried broke through in 2008 with her role in the feel-good musical ‘Mamma Mia’, but the actress has not really shown what she can do since then. She doesn’t really get that chance in ‘Gone’ either. Although she really doesn’t do bad in this film, the story just isn’t worked out well enough to really appeal. Later, when Amanda Seyfried can become a very great actress, ‘Gone’ will not be counted as one of the highlights of her oeuvre. It is commendable that she has in any case chosen something completely different from the films with which she has become known.

‘Gone’ is never really exciting and that is mainly caused by the sloppy structure of the story and the fact that no character is really developed. The climax is so short sighted that afterwards you wonder if this was really it. That turns out to be the case, because a few minutes later the film is just over. And because the characters don’t really know how to get hold of you, you don’t really empathize for a moment and you wonder why many supporting roles are in the film at all.

‘Gone’ is certainly not a bad movie, it’s just not a good movie either. The idea of ​​’Gone’ is very promising on paper, but in practice it never really wants to get exciting.