The Disappeared (I) (2008)

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

Writers:

Johnny Kevorkian, Neil Murphy

Stars:

Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Alex Jennings

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harry Treadaway	...	Matthew Ryan
Greg Wise	...	Jake Ryan
Alex Jennings	...	Adrian Ballan
Tom Felton	...	Simon Pryor
Nikki Amuka-Bird	...	Shelley Cartwright
Ros Leeming	...	Amy Tyler
Bronson Webb	...	Gang Leader
Georgia Groome	...	Sophie Pryor
Lewis Lemperuer Palmer	...	Tom Ryan (as Lewis Lempereuer Palmer)
Jefferson Hall	...	Edward Bryant
Finlay Robertson	...	Jason Saks
Tyler Anthony	...	Rebecca Cartwright
James Cook	...	Anthony
T'Nia Miller	...	Doctor
Benedict Martin	...	Father Symmonds

Storyline

Matthew Ryan's life is devastated after the disappearance of his younger brother, Tom. Matthew's father had left him to look after Tom and now Matthew feels responsible. His father is trying to hold back the anger and the blame but the cracks are beginning to show. One day Matthew is looking through a box of press clippings and video tapes about Tom's disappearance. Suddenly he hears a ghostly voice on one of the video tapes telling him "you never came for me!". It's the voice of his missing brother. He shows the tape to his father, Jake. This time there's no voice and Jake flies into a rage as the wound is reopened. Matthew tells his best friend Simon about the voices on the tape. Is he losing his mind, is Tom alive or dead? At home, Matthew plays the tape and hears Tom's voice again, desperately pleading for help. Then Matthew sees Tom at the window, gaunt and haggard. He rushes out to Tom but no one is there. Matthew strikes up a friendship with next-door neighbor Amy, who is ...

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Plot Keywords:

disappearance | brother | missing brother | missing child | videotape | 

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Taglines:

Evil is among us

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az eltűnt

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lost Tribe Productions, Minds Eye Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the end when Harry is getting dressed in the hospital and reads a newspaper cutting about a teenager committing suicide, the newspaper has spelled "commit" as "committ".

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Soundtracks

"It's Raggatie"
The Misphitz, featuring Raggatie

User Reviews

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.