'The Vanished': Film Review

Few scenarios fill parents with as much dread as the prospect of a missing child. Whether a temporary mix-up at the mall or an experience far more emotionally traumatic, it’s a possibility that can never be completely ignored. With, filmmaker and actor Peter Facinelli channels that fundamental fear into a compact, consistently unpredictable thriller that provides few reassurances, but plenty of surprises.

Wendy leads them all in ragged renditions of road-trip sing-alongs while Paul guides their mobile home to a lakeside campground, where they get a borderline hostile welcome from middle-aged proprietor Tom . His groundskeeper Justin isn’t much friendlier, but the family quickly settles in, parked next to a camper occupied by attractive young Miranda and her husband Eric .

The next plot wrinkle quickly follows, when sheriff Baker and deputy Rakes arrive to investigate Taylor’s disappearance, bringing with them the news that an armed and dangerous escaped convict from a nearby prison may be lurking in the woods surrounding the campground. Although Baker doesn’t think that the fugitive is connected to the missing child, for their own safety he warns Wendy and Paul against participating in law enforcement’s search of the area.

As Paul and Wendy’s attempts to locate Taylor escalate from panicked to desperate and then outright deranged, it begins to look like Facinelli may be changing genres again, shifting to pitch-black comedy. It’s a suspicion largely confirmed by the film’s conclusion, which audiences may respond to with puzzlement, disbelief or amusement, if they don’t abandon the movie outright when the final twist reframes the entire narrative.

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