agmtw logo
search
Vanished into the Night (2024)

Vanished into the Night (2024)

A thriller about missing children amid a custody battle with promising developments, wasted on empty follow-throughs

5.0

Movie

Italy
Italian
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2024
RENATO DE MARIA
Annabelle Wallis, Arturo Alessandri, Bruno Ricci
93 min

TLDR

It’s a story about missing kids and a custody battle. It’s only a thriller if you have high expectations.

What it's about

When the two kids of an estranged couple are kidnapped for ransom one night, their father accepts a sketchy deal to get the kids back.

The take

The film starts off with the intense court case drama side of things and generous foreshadowing about disappearances. From there, it’s a seamless escalation of the sinister developments that make up the rest of the story. The start gives us a healthy amount of conflict, suspects, and directions to mull over. The middle, which sees the adventure veer off, is phenomenally paced with all the eerily long silences. Until it unfortunately peaks as the most infuriating watch in the world. This movie doesn't seem well thought out once the hoo-ha is stripped away and we're left to confront a story. Organic and promising developments, wasted on forced and empty follow-throughs and a nothing ending.

What stands out

This man has touched a toilet without washing his hands twice.

Comments

Add a comment

Your name

Your comment

UP NEXT 

UP NEXT 

UP NEXT 

The Hottest Summer (2023)

An Italian romcom that succeeds at being sexy, but at the expense of being unique and challenging

5.7

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Al Pacino does justice to a Shakespearian icon in this comedy turned drama

7.0

Padre Pio (2023)

A daring biopic that has all the legacy marks of great American indie cinema

7.8

The Constant Gardener (2005)

A widower investigates his wife’s murder in this emotional thriller

7.9

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Martin Scorsese shifts from the gritty side of New York to its upper echelons in this adaptation of a historical romance novel

7.7

Queen Margot (1994)

The lusty and lavish French historical drama that pushed the envelope before Game of Thrones

7.6

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

The exquisite second screen adaptation of James’ lesser known novels

7.6

Once Were Warriors (1994)

A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama

8.0

Silenced (2011)

A brutal and harrowing exposé of the schoolwide abuse case that sparked outrage in Korea

9.0

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

Two boys bond with the village seamstress through banned books in this coming-of-age historical drama

7.2

Curated by humans, not algorithms.

agmtw logo

© 2024 agoodmovietowatch, all rights reserved.