Screenlife films are starting to become the new thing in today바카라™s tech-savvy world. After the massive success of 바카라˜Searching바카라™ comes an anthology sequel, 바카라˜Missing바카라™. The film had a theatrical release and has finally been released on OTT. Is it worth spending your time? Or can you simply skip it? Read the full movie review to find out.
Director: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
Cast: Storm Reid, Ava Zaria Lee, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Megan Suri, Tim Griffin, Daniel Henney, Nia Long, Michael Segovia, Lauren B. Mosley, Tracy Vilar, Sean O'Bryan
Available On: BookMyShow Stream, Netflix
Duration: 1 Hour 51 Minutes
After her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online. Will she be able to find her mother? Is she even her mother? Or are there some deep dark skeletons hidden in the cupboards? Well, for all that, you바카라™ll have to watch the film.
Storm Reid, even though carries the entire weight of the story on her shoulders, doesn바카라™t have the same level of intensity that 바카라˜Searching바카라™s John Cho had as the lead character. Reid바카라™s performance is rather dull. She doesn바카라™t manage to bring in that sense of urgency, that sense of fear, that sense of loss that well onscreen.
Nia Long as the mother is perfectly suited for the role. She brings fierce energy to the character and gives it relatability. The subtle emotional and facial changes that she does when she brings to light that she is not that tech-savvy, make you feel attached to the character more as every pre-millennium parent faces these technology issues.
Joaquim de Almeida is a perfect casting in terms of the accent, the body language and the feel of the character. However, for an actor of his stature, who has been in blockbuster films like 바카라˜Fast Five바카라™, this role seems just like a waste of his potential. He has played the part, even though small, with utmost sincerity.
Will Merrick and Nick Johnson바카라™s writing and direction are the two biggest assets for the film. The writing is so laden with twists and turns that you바카라™re left guessing at every turn as to what바카라™s going to happen next. Until the climax comes, you can바카라™t predict at all what바카라™s going to happen in the next scene. However, they could have carried that feel ahead in the climax also, but sadly, the climax becomes predictable and with every move, there is something that you would have seen before.
Coming to their direction capabilities, they have a masterpiece at hand. For the past 100+ years, films are being made and there hardly comes a film once in probably a decade or two which changes the way of filmmaking entirely. 바카라˜Searching바카라™ and now 바카라˜Missing바카라™ is a part of that game-changing phenomenon. We바카라™ve always seen movies where the characters are moving around and the camera follows them throughout. Here it바카라™s the opposite where the camera is still and fixed on a computer screen, at least 80 per cent of the movie, and all the characters are going in and around that and portraying their characters and thereby taking the story ahead. That바카라™s a brave choice to make for first-time directors. They could have easily made this film in a normal way with some minor changes and it would have yet been this thrilling. However, they decided to have a screenlife film and did exceedingly well to keep the audiences on tenterhooks till the climax 바카라“ that needs to be applauded. The way they바카라™ve managed to bring in the suspense and maintain it on a complete high till the climax is what makes you fall for this film.
Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty바카라™s basic story is rather predictable. However, Merrick and Johnson have transformed that into a workable screenplay is what makes 바카라˜Missing바카라™ a gripping watch.
You can바카라™t have a great screenlife film if you don바카라™t have an able support of an extremely capable cinematographer. Steven Holleran has done brilliantly behind the camera. Even though the entire film seems to have been shown through the eyes of the laptop camera, it was actually shot with a normal camera. To be able to get that effect is a tough task, and Holleran has done exceptionally well.
Austin Keeling and Arielle Zakowski바카라™s editing is crisp and keeps you on the edge of your seats throughout.
Julian Scherle바카라™s music and background score is disappointing. That바카라™s probably the weakest link in 바카라˜Missing바카라™. With good music and background score, a thriller like 바카라˜Missing바카라™ could have been transformed into something totally different. The experience would have been way more enjoyable. A great BGM could have made audiences feel like they바카라™re right there in the middle of all that바카라™s happening. However, that aspect was missing in Scherle바카라™s music.
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바카라˜Missing바카라™ is thrilling till the climax comes. There is no doubt that you바카라™ll be hooked on to this film till the very end. Even though it바카라™s not as good as its predecessor 바카라˜Searching바카라™, it바카라™s still going to keep you engaged with its twists and turns. If you바카라™re a fan of thrillers, this is definitely a great One Time Watch. I am going with 3.5 stars.