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

In the scene where Simon (Tom Felton) throws Matthew (Harry Treadaway) out of his house, Matthew says "Wait. Tom, it's trying to warn us," using the actor's name instead of his character's.

*** He says 'Tom is trying to warn us', referring to his missing brother. ***

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Soundtracks

"It's Raggatie"
The Misphitz, featuring Raggatie

User Reviews

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.