Gone: Blu Ray Review

Gone: Blu Ray Review

Rating: M
Released by Universal Home Entertainment

Amanda Seyfried stars in this thriller as Jill, a woman who was once kidnapped and left in a hole in the middle of the woods in Portland.

She managed to escape her would be killer but the police didn't believe her story.

Living in fear that the kidnapper will come back to finish what he started, her worst nightmares come real when her sister's kidnapped - and once again, Jill tries to convince the police that something's amiss.

However, when they refuse to believe her latest story, and with the clock running out, Jill takes matters into her own hands.

Gone bills itself as a suspense thriller but to be honest, neither of those ingredients is found within a story that's riddled with plot holes and moments which don't make any sense.

Granted, the idea that Jill's made it all up is a nice twist but it's so clear she's not imagining it all that you end up shouting at the screen in frustration. Plus characters are so undercooked that they appear at the beginning and then just disappear halfway through (Wes Bentley's detective simply goes awol) making the whole film feel a little neither here nor there.

While the director makes good use of the Portland settings and landscapes, the rest of the film just doesn't hang together as it predictably plays out its final yarn.

Seyfried's convincing as Jill but she can't quite carry the film away from feeling a little like a Taken rip off and while there are a few creepy moments here and there, Gone is instantly forgettable the moment it ends.

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