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- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 47 m
Summary After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat—with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
Directed By: Kristoffer Nyholm
Written By: Celyn Jones, Joe Bone
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2019
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 47 m
The Vanishing
64
6.0
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Summary After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat—with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
Directed By: Kristoffer Nyholm
Written By: Celyn Jones, Joe Bone
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The movie is phenomenally well made and the three actors who fall apart on our watch suffer magnificently.
The Vanishing seems truly troubled by its action violence in a way that many similar thrillers aren’t.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 User Ratings
6.0
44% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
48% Mixed
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13 Ratings
7% Negative
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2 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 User Ratings
6.0
44% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
48% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
7% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
The Vanishing is surprisingly good, it tells a sad twisted story with a great deal of mastery, the plot is straightforward but it's actualized with breathtaking performances by everyone in the film, it has this deep eerie and dark feeling to it that adds this gripping factor as we watch dramatic events unfold in front of us, granted, that it has some structural problems with its narrative but the end product is so captivating you just can't take your eyes off it.
The slow burn storytelling adds a great deal of suspense as we ourself examine and analyze what could happen, what I also loved is that through the film itself is dealing with a moral problem as its characters struggle to cope with their new situations, it is really beautiful to watch.
The Vanishing does its story justice as we're offered a chilling narrative that doesn't disappoint at all, an all-around great effort.
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Very gripping and agonizingly realistic, especially in showing the realities of what instant fortune can cost you. Suspenseful as all hell, keeps you on the edge the whole time. It features some amazing performances by very talented actors. The only thing that's disappointing is that it tends to just increase the intensity of their misery with no relief. There's a fine line between harrowing and depressing, and this story does fall a bit much on the latter side.
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Boasting excellent performances by screen veterans Peter Mullan and Gerard Butler, the latter delivering one of his best turns in years, The Vanishing feels familiar in most ways, including its title (the same as George Sluizer's classic Dutch thriller and its mediocre American remake). Nonetheless, the film proves highly effective with its slowly ratcheted up tension and eerie atmospherics.
Mullan brings edginess and gravitas to the kind of role he’s played dozens of times. Butler, though, is a pleasant surprise, departing from his usual one-dimensional action heroes to play a dramatic part — and so well that one wonders why he doesn’t do it more often.
The Vanishing makes an unmistakable effort, but also feels like one, and fades almost fittingly from the imagination within hours of seeing it.
But even with its all-around noble dramatic intent, particularly from Butler, the film struggles to leave a mark.
Falling between the stools of thriller and drama, this speculative tale grows steadily less satisfying, despite a handsome look and a strong cast.
H ταινία Vanishing είναι για ένα συγκεκριμένο κοινό, προετοιμαστείτε για μια πολύ αργή αλλά ιδιαίτερη ταινία, που θα κάνει τους θεατές να θέλουν να την συζητήσουν, με τα ελαττώματα της να την αδικούν σε μερικά κομμάτια της, αλλά αν την σκεφτείτε "αλλιώς" κάτι έχει να προσφέρει...
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Interesting if quirky direction in a 90's mystery thriller which somewhat explores the psyche of a serial killer who years later tortures the boyfriend of one of his victims. The cast is superb although the screenplay is limited. The soundtrack seems to get in the way more than it helps tell the story or feed into the tension.
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The Vanishing (originally titled The Keepers) is based on the Flannan Isle disappearances in 1900, where three lighthouse keepers went missing. This movie comes up with a sordid, suspenseful tale of what happened to them. I found this to be a competently made movie, but nothing stands out.
When the violent or eery stuff happens, it does stand out; a few good ideas in this. The last shot is a little haunting. There are some nice shots of the island, a place that manages to be both picturesque and foreboding. All actors are decent, including Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and Connor Swindells as the lighthouse keepers.
On the other hand, the moments between can be weak and the exposition forced. The plot is predictable as it is a basic people-torn-apart-by-a-dark-secret-and/or-greed-story that doesn't do anything to set it apart from its predecessors, such as The Treasure of Sierra Madre and Shallow Grave. Of the three main actors, Mullan is the only one given the chance to shine. Filming was apparently on a budget and isn't lit the best. It doesn't help that this was filmed on cloudy days.
There's nothing really bad or great about this. It's just okay. If you want to see Butler in something other than action films, or you're just a fan of Mullan, then you may want to check this out.
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While it was well acted, The story hits a peak fairly early (around the middle of the film) and then barely limps across the finish line by the end of it. The plot is just utter nonsense at times as it seems the characters make idiotic decisions despite talking out and knowing what the exact course they should take is.
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Production Company
Mad As Birds,
Cross Creek Pictures,
G-BASE,
Head Gear Films,
Kodiak Pictures,
Metrol Technology
Release Date Jan 4, 2019
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating R
Tagline What's left when the lights go out?
Website
http://vanishing.jp/
Awards
LifeArt Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Nomination
