The Vanishing (1993 film)

Without a Trace ( The Vanishing ) is an American thriller of the Dutch director George Sluizer from the year 1993. The film starred Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland.

The film is a remake of Sluizer thriller Vanishing of 1988, based on the novel The Vanishing ( Het Gouden Ei) by Tim Krabbé of 1984.

Action

The pair Jeff Harriman and Diane Shaver is traveling together. The two stop at a rest area, where Diane wants to buy something and go to the bathroom. However, it disappears without a trace.

The police can not solve the case, so that Jeff further research alone. Three years later, he meets Rita Baker know that is his new girlfriend. Nevertheless, he is also still looking for his missing girlfriend three years ago, from which he still can not be solved. Rita over he concealed this until they eventually even finds out that her boyfriend still pursues the footsteps of Diane.

A little later logs on to the chemistry teacher Jeff Barney Cousins ​​and claims to be able to answer his questions about the disappearance of Diane. However, the answers to all his questions to Jeff obtained only if he is willing to live through the same thing as before Diane. After much hesitation, Jeff is ready out of sheer desperation and drinking voluntarily a coffee, which was treated with an anesthetic. In the following, it turns out that Diane was kidnapped by Cousins ​​and buried alive because Jeff is buried alive by Cousins ​​during his unconsciousness itself.

Rita also provides some research and locate makes cousins ​​. She finds the buried Jeff and saves him. It comes to a fight, in which Jeff kills the kidnappers.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the remake was ( disappointment complete) compared to the original inferior ( inferior product ) and a complete disappointment. Although he praised the complex character of Barney but strongly criticized the character of Rita and numerous scenes of the film.

Roger Ebert compared the film in the Chicago Sun - Times to the original. While he described the original as a masterpiece, he called the remake " ridiculous, stupid and tasteless ."

"At the same familiar with perpetrators, victims and persecutors, developed for the audience a story in which the psychological tension is in the foreground to the dramatic conclusion unreasonable. Cleverly staged and played well, the thriller is more interesting than the overall average for the genre. "

Awards

Jeff Bridges and the film for Best Horror film were nominated in 1994 for the Saturn Award.

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