Not Forgotten (2009)

In a Tex-Mex border town, a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.

Director:

Dror Soref

Writers:

Tomás Romero, Dror Soref

Stars:

Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Michael DeLorenzo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Simon Baker	...	Jack Bishop
Paz Vega	...	Amaya
Michael DeLorenzo	...	Casper Navarro
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Toby Bishop
Ken Davitian	...	Father Salinas
Claire Forlani	...	Katie
Gedde Watanabe	...	Agent Nakamura
Mark Rolston	...	Agent Wilson
Melinda Page Hamilton	...	Deputy Mindy
Benito Martinez	...	Detective Sanchez
Virginia Pereira	...	Karen
Daniel Escobar	...	Hector
Tomas Sanchez	...	Crowd Man #1
Zahn McClarnon	...	Calvo
Lorri Oliver	...	Mary Alice

Storyline

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino mysticism, where the line between what's real and what's imagined becomes hopelessly blurred.

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Plot Keywords:

menstruation | menstrual blood | topless female nudity | menarche

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Taglines:

Conquer him who is conquering me.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content/nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agios thanatos

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,468 (USA) (15 May 2009)

Gross:

$53,723 (USA) (12 June 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Skyline Pictures (II), Zuckerman Entertainment, Not Forgotten Films (NF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 100 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paz Vega replaced Jordana Brewster at the last minute.

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Quotes

Toby Bishop: Some people spend their whole life starting over. New towns, new jobs, new friends. No matter where you go, know what you do. Some things you can never forget, and some things you can never forgive.

User Reviews

all atmosphere and no thrills

"Not Forgotten" probably won't do much to enhance U.S./Mexico relations. Set in Del Rio, Texas, a town located just north of the border, this thriller stars "The Mentalist"s Simon Baker as a loan officer whose daughter is kidnapped by a bloodthirsty religious cult that, we're told, has achieved widespread notoreity in Mexico.

"Not Forgotten" - which is strong on atmosphere and milieu and weak on anything even remotely resembling suspense - features all the red herrings, false leads and narrative blind alleys that we've come to expect from such films, with each of the characters harboring some deep dark secret from the past that, when it is finally revealed, turns out to be a surprise only to the other characters in the story. For, indeed, when the most likely suspect turns out to be the actual culprit in the end, you know that the screenplay could probably have used a few more runs through the typewriter before going before the cameras.