Gone (2012)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Gone |
| Original title | Gone |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Heitor Dhalia |
| script | Allison Burnett |
| production |
Sidney Kimmel Dan Abrams Chris Salvaterra Tom Rosenberg Gary Lucchesi |
| music | David Buckley |
| camera | Michael Grady |
| cut | John Axelrad |
| occupation | |
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Gone (alternative title: Gone - I have to find you ) is an American thriller from 2012. Directed by Heitor Dhalia , producer is Lakeshore Entertainment .
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Young Jill has lived in Portland , Oregon with her sister Molly since her parents passed away within a few months . The death of her parents moved Jill to seek psychotherapeutic treatment , which included taking medication , among other things . A year before the action began, Jill was abducted by an unknown person and thrown into a deep hole in the woods. Shortly before her murder, however, she was able to escape the perpetrator by attacking him with the bone of a woman's corpse. The perpetrator apparently murdered several women and buried them in the hole. The local police do not believe her kidnapping due to her psychological problems and the lack of DNA traces . In addition, despite an intensive search, the police did not find any women's bodies.
When Jill comes home after a night shift , she unexpectedly does not find her sister Molly. She immediately panics and calls Molly's friend Billy, who doesn't know anything about her whereabouts either.
Believing that the perpetrator has returned and kidnapped her sister, she reports the sudden disappearance to the police. However, the responsible officers around Sergeant Powers do not believe in a kidnapping and reject Jill's suspicions. Officials believe Molly will reappear in a few days.
Frustrated by the unwillingness of the police to help, Jill sets out to find clues about her sister's mysterious disappearance. A grumpy neighbor gives her the first clue. Jill follows the clues step by step and soon finds the suspect's vehicle. Under threat of gun violence, Jill learns the whereabouts of "Digger", the nickname of the man who, in the opinion of Molly, abducted Jill. Fearing that Jill could cause further harm with her revolver, a comprehensive manhunt for the young woman is announced. Jill continues to investigate on her own and has to flee from the police at the same time. Her colleague Sharon helps her with this.
Following further clues, Jill gets the phone number of Digger , whose real name is Jim. Hoping to find Molly, Jill sets up a meeting with Jim. This leads you to an abandoned forest near an abandoned park ranger base. Meanwhile, Molly is found alive: she was drugged and tied up and hidden in the garden of her house. The police interrogate them.
At the same time, Jill has reached the forest, where she no longer has cell phone reception. She recognizes the hole in the ground and finds photos of other Jim's victims. She quickly realizes that Jim has lured her into a trap: She is thrown into the deep hole again. Jim reveals that he was responsible for Molly's disappearance and that he only did the crime to lure Jill into the area. Jill, who practiced martial arts intensively after her abduction and has a revolver with her, is able to overpower the man again. She shoots him several times without seriously injuring him in order to find out her sister's whereabouts. After the suffering Jim tells her this, she pours kerosene over him and burns him alive. On the way home, Jill finds out via text message that Molly is safe. When they get home, the sisters hug each other.
The police, who now believe Jill, want her to find out about Jim's location. Jill only tells them succinctly that they were right. You have met mental problems and nobody. Later, she anonymously sends an investigating officer the location of the pit marked on a map and photos of the victims she found near the hole.
Reviews
The film received mostly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes scored 7 positive and 60 negative reviews. Metacritic counted 2 positive, 4 mixed and 9 negative publications. On the Internet Movie Database page, the weighted average score of 5.9 out of 10 was determined from 40,690 users.
“The Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia (“ Adrift ”) relies on classic genre conventions, lays wrong tracks and uses a series of moments of fright, like the screeching cat in the dark closet. Sometimes he manages to create tension with confidence, but many possibilities remain untapped. [...] But against the inconsistencies of the story, which is increasingly entangled in more questionable entanglements, no cinematic medicinal herb can match. "
"The Hollywood debut of the Brazilian Heitor Dhalia will hardly promote Seyfried's further career, however, because it turns out to be below average and uninspired."
Web links
- Gone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gone in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Certificate of Release for Gone . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 945 V).
- ↑ Gone on rottentomatoes.com , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Gone on metacritic.com , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Gone on imdb.com , accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Film review on kino.de
- ↑ Film review on filmstarts.de