The Forgotten Ones (2009) (V)

Director:

Jorg Ihle

Writer:

Jorg Ihle (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 April 2009 (Brazil)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear has a new face.

Plot:

When a devastating boat crash shipwrecks a group of friends in the jungles of an uncharted island, they...

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Shipwreck | Uncharted Island | Stranding | Black Panties

Cast

Jewel Staite	...	Liz
Justin Baldoni	...	Peter
Marc Bacher	...	Ira
Nikki Griffin	...	Lauren
Kellan Lutz	...	Jake
Helena Barrett	...	Myra
Mohit Ramchandani	...	Mo
Rhianna Vigrass	...	Flashback Voiceover (voice)
Terry Notary	...	Alpha Creature
Andrea Esquivel	...	Creature
Felipe Salazar	...	Creature
Jefferson Arce	...	Creature
Aysha Morales	...	Creature
Nestor Morera	...	Creature
Wilberth Salazar	...	Creature
Jason Whisman	...	Creature
Kyle Cowgill	...	Creature
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wil Daniels	...	Zano (as Wilton Godfrey)

Directed by
Jorg Ihle

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jorg Ihle		screenplay

Produced by
Wallace Balboa	....	producer
Justin Baldoni	....	co-producer
Jo Bamford	....	executive producer
Ethan Cushing	....	co-producer
Terry Notary	....	executive producer
Mohit Ramchandani	....	executive producer
Ashok Rao	....	executive producer
Joel Sadilek	....	co-producer
Joel Sadilek	....	line producer
D. Daniel Vujic	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Kyle Kenneth Batter

Cinematography by
Christopher Popp

Film Editing by
Jessica Kehrhahn
Ed Marx
Bayard Stryker

Casting by
Ricki Maslar

Production Design by
William Budge
Nicole Lobart

Set Decoration by
Melanie Rein

Costume Design by
Swinda Reichelt

Makeup Department
Barney Burman	....	creature & makeup effects designer
Nikki Carbonetta	....	key makeup artist (as Nikki Carbonetta-Aguirre)
Steve Costanza	....	makeup artist
Jessica Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist
Hugo Villasenor	....	special makeup effects artist
Rebecca Wachtel	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Rob Spence	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Del Polito	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Michael Del Polito	....	second assistant director
Federico Ferreri	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Mike Tsucalas	....	first assistant director: second unit, additional photography

Art Department
Liza Chenault	....	art director: reshoot unit
Jaime Fernandez	....	art director: Costa Rica

Sound Department
Valdern L'Roi Chalwell	....	sound editor
Nicholas James	....	dialogue editor
Donald Lyles	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey A. Pitts	....	sound designer
Vance Walden	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Jean-Paul DeMars	....	colorist
Jean-Paul DeMars	....	online editor

Stunts
Terry Notary	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Angelo Figlio	....	electrician
Christian Herrera	....	additional camera operator
Christian Herrera	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Christian Herrera	....	jib operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katrin Hoffmann	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Aria Stewart	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Andy Attenhofer	....	assistant to director
Terry Notary	....	choreographer
Terry Notary	....	movement coach: creature movement
Ross Scharphorn	....	set production assistant: additional photography

Production Companies

• Avatar Media

Distributors

• Bac Films (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Hollydan Works (2010) (Serbia and Montenegro) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Vietnam) (DVD)
• Icon Film Distribution (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Metrodome Distribution (2010) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digital Post Services  digital laboratory
• Digital Post Services  title design
• Digital Post Services  quality control & deliverables
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Eisner & Frank  production legal
• Wow & Flutter  adr recording
• Wow & Flutter  sound post-production
• Wow & Flutter  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Argentina:16 | Mexico:B | South Korea:12 | Brazil:16 | UK:15 | Australia:M (2011)

Company:

Avatar Media

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Lost Tribe (2009)

Better off forgotten

The plot summary on the back sounded somewhat interesting, so I rented this one tonight. I just finished watching it.

Overall, there's just not much to say about it. Everything is slightly worse than mediocre. The movie falls into that ugly gap between being so bad it's entertaining and being an honestly good movie. The four "characters" are basically non-existent and there's close to no background about the "monsters". Speaking of those, they aren't even especially gruesome in any way, neither regarding their looks nor their practices. The film tries to get some tension going, but it just didn't work for me at all. The plot is as foreseeable as it could be right from the start, not a single surprise to be found and the ending is very, very... unsatisfying.