A great emotional journey

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2017)

With the new blade runner film being directed by Dennis Villeneuve I decided to watch this film which is also directed by Dennis Villeneuve and this is a great emotional film. The premise of the film sees two six year old girls go missing, with the police and there families looking for them a detective and one of the father's try to come up with ways to find them. Hugh Jackman plays the dad in this film and he is truly amazing in this film, he brings out so much emotion in this film and you care about his character so much. You understand why he takes the actions he does because of his situation even though you may not agree with them. Jake gyllenhall plays the detective in this film and he is fantastic in this role, you understand the situation that he is put in and you understand the actions that he takes as well. It is great watching him and Jackman go at it to decide the best way about going about this situation. Viola Davis and Terence Howard play the other child's parents in this film and they both give great performances in this film, seeing them interacting with Jackman is great as you see both sides of view of how the parents are reacting which is pretty fascinating. Paul dano is also really good as one of the suspects and it is really interesting to watch how his character is treated. The story is so fascinating to watch as you see these people all try and use there own methods to tracking down these girls with some people possibly crossing some lines. I also liked the ending of this film which is pretty crucial for how much you will enjoy this film. The script has some truly brilliant dramatic dialogue that will make you feel a lot of empathy for these characters. The only problem is because of the subject matter being very serious there is no humour in this film at all which i do understand even though I think it hurts the rewatchable nature of this film. The style of the film is very engrossing and beautiful to look at, I felt myself locked in to what happens with these characters. However, this film is quite long and it does drag at times which makes this film sometimes feel even longer then it actually is. Overall I really enjoyed this movie and advise if you like really serious thrillers then this is a must watch.