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Summary: Lack of content does not equal a story
Review: Questions and then more questions and too few answers. Watching the last part of this movie is like reading every other page in a novel and then wondering why the story seems devoid of relevant details.While the movie has promise and the suspense is entertaining for awhile, the abrupt ending and nonsensical plot developments (if it can be called "plot") seem to bank on the notion that the viewer's imagination and confusion is all that this movie needs to build a conclusion. Unfortunately this bank is empty. There is no pay off to any time or thought invested in trying to figure out what you've seen. You might as well debate other worldy topics without answers or conjecture about movie sequels that have not yet been written, because Disappearance definately will not have one.
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Summary: Disappearance is Twilight Zone Meets Stephen King
Review: The thing that amazed me most about this DVD is that the film was a made for TV thriller starring Harry Hamlin and Susan Dey (best know for their performances on L.A. Law) and although the plot may seem contrived to some viewers, I found it to be chilling, entertaining and well acted. Some viewers I understand were confused and unhappy with the conclusion which I will not give away, but I believe the director's idea was to put you into this family's struggle and see it from their viewpoint, so maybe it's fair to say, all questions should not be answered. In the tradition of older, thinking films, this movie leaves much room for discussion, which is sadly missing from a lot of today's supernatural thrillers where people always want set answers and happy endings. If you want this in this movie, then don't bother. If you are looking for something that is entertaining and leaves room for debate , this is YOUR type of thriller. Plot wise, all I'll say in synopsis is: Harry Hamlin plays a father of two whom has lost his wife five years previously. In an attempt to help with a bonding relationship with his children and his new wife (Dey) they embark on a vacation out west. Hamlin's son, an avid photographer has an interest in stopping in a "Ghost town" of Weaver to shoot some photos. But no one in the neighboring town of Stepford people claim to have never heard of the town.
Well, they find Weaver ...or does Weaver find them? Some critics may shun this movie for it's Stephen King/Twilight Zone overtones. There are many to be found here, throw in a sprinkle of Blair Witch for good measure. Harry Hamlin is great as the protective father and Susan Dey, sadly missing from today's films (you'll always remember her as perennial Laurie Partridge and the tough but sexy Grace Van Owen) but Dey is a great highly underrated actress and does well as the protective stepmom whose expectations of bonding with her two new stepchildren are taken to a much higher level. Overall, I thought the movie had many chilling moments and suspense which will undoubtably earn it cult status if even only for it's "Partridge Family", "LA Law" and "7th Heaven" alumni. In the tradition of Stephen King, Twilight Zone and Night Galley, This movie scores! Definately worth your time!
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Summary: THE ENDING VANISHED
Review: There is no greater cinematic sin to me than not giving an audience a resolution at the end of the film. DISAPPEARANCE offends to the highest in that regard. We are given an effectively good movie, with some atmospheric tension and lots of questions about what's going on in the town of Weaver. Harry Hamlin and Susan Dey are fine in their roles, and Jeremy Lelliott is a good teen actor. The moviemakers take us through all kinds of scenarios: are these mutant descendants? Government experiments gone haywire? Aliens? What's with the spooky cloud of dust? What's with the asthmatic off screen presence? Why are all the people seemingly being mind controlled? Or are they dead? What DID happen to Ethan when he is lost in the desert? Do we get answers to these questions? No, no siree! And that my friends negates anything that was good about this movie, and the producers/writers/director should be ashamed for depriving their audience of any kind of clear cut answers. And is the raven taking the pictures at the end? My God, what a disappointing waste of time.
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Summary: This was a good movie, but it ends horribly
Review: This movie is scary mainly because of the music. It is totally weird and creepy, but doesn't end well. I would recommend it though because the movie is pretty good.
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Summary: Diappearance
Review: This movie was great! I loved it! The first time I saw it I was really hooked throughout the whole movie, but I thought the ending was bad. But after I watched again I really liked the ending. It really made me think. I wanted to watch it again and again to figure out the mystery.
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Summary: 2 Thumbs Down!
Review: What a terrible waste of time! Although the acting was good, the plot was horrible. We're never told who the 'stalkers' are for sure. Mutants from radiation? Mutant offsprings of the mutants from radiation? Who knows? Then, why/how did the family end up happily living in the town? Were the 'stalkers' body snatchers? Don't borrow, don't rent, and for God's sake don't buy! I only gave it one star, because the form won't let me use zero.
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Summary: Couldn't have been any better
Review: When I first saw this movie, I didn't think much of it, other than it had two of L.A. laws 2 best actors, and that the plot sounded good and scary. I realized that this should have been on the big screen long before it came out on t.v. When a family takes a trip through New Mexico and decides to make a small stop in an old deserted town, their visit is more than small. When the car has "mysteriously" disappeared, they know that things aren't excactly in the norm. Things are found that should have been just left alone, such as a skin nailed to a wall, a video tape of the previous visitors, four fresh graves, a circular symbol, an old mine, even a ground zero to the Neutron Device. All of the above will send chills up your spine, never knowing what is after this family, one things for sure, there's more then one of them. Though some people make think this is a horrible movie just because of the ending are wrong. If you like to be scared, it's what you can't see that scares people.
A movie with a 5 star plot, and 5 star acting make this a great buy for your movie collection.
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Summary: Scary ? Huh ?
Review: When I watched this movie I really felt like I was watching some friends low budget schoolproject. I could never take the movie seriously enough to enjoy it fully.
Rotten ending and did anyone say that this movie was scary ???
Won this DvD from some filmcompany and sold it off on Ebay as fast as I could..dont pay money for this people.
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Summary: Why would anyone give this movie a good rating???!!!!!!!
Review: You are never told who, or what, is terrifying the people. There is just an abrupt ending without any explanation. Was the monster an alien, a ghost, a creater from the underworld ??? And what ever happened to the previous families who arrived at the mysterious town ??? I'm not only criticing the ending, the entire movie really was not very scary. If you see this movie at your local video rental store, stay away from it. Really a "Zero" star movie, but zeros are not selectable in amazon.com reviews.
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