Missing (2023)

"Riveting Cyber Thriller Best Watched Cold"

Which is why I'm not going to tell you too much about MISSING, the new thriller from executive producer Timur Bekmambetov (the man behind IT-inspired pictures like SEARCHING (2018), HARDCORE HENRY (2015) and the UNFRIENDED pictures) that's out now on both download and keep and digital rental from Sony. 

June (Storm Reid) is eighteen and is still having trouble coming to terms with the death of her father many years previously. Her mother Grace (Nia Long) jets off to Columbia with new boyfriend Kevin (Ken Leung) with instructions for June to pick them up from the airport when they come back.

Except they don't come back.

Using a combination of webcam footage, hacked email accounts and even the help of a friendly Columbian handyman (Joaquim de Almedia from the FAST & FURIOUS franchise) via WhatsApp June slowly begins to trace her mother's last known footsteps, uncovering at the same time what seems like a murky past her mother has never told her about.

The original story for MISSING is by Sev Ohanian, who also came up with the story for SEARCHING. Nicholas D Johnson and Will Merrick provide screenplay and directorial duties and they, too worked on SEARCHING (as editors). It's not surprising, then, that MISSING looks and feels a lot like a follow up to that 2018 film,  and in fact if you're familiar with it you may find yourself trying to guess what's going on and finding the creative team have blindsided you, as I'm sure was their intention. Apart from a climax that's a little contrived, MISSING is riveting stuff and if you're a fan of the movies listed in the opening paragraph then MISSING is going to be a must-see as well.

MISSING is out on both download and keep and rental digital from Sony now