Gone

Ever since the whole "Twilight" craze came up and about, directors where probably thinking that if they had an actress just as bland, they could get just as much money. And thus, we have Amanda Seyfried. Despite having a good start in her career with "Mean Girls," everything else went downhill for this woman, being in films like "Dear John," "Jennifer's Body," and one of the year's worst from last year, "Red Riding Hood." I've also heard word that she'll be appearing as Cosette in "Les Miserables," and after her work in "Mama Mia," I'm worried about that film, as much as I'm worried about Jonah Hill appearing in "Django Unchained." But right now, I have to worry about Seyfried's recent movie from earlier this year, "Gone."

The film tells us about Amanda Seyfried, who plays Jill Conway, a girl who was kidnapped and almost killed by a mysterious man named Jim McCoy, and is the only one who got away from him. Shortly after, he's returned but instead captures Jill's sister Molly, and now it's up to Jill to track her down in the next 12 hours or she's through, all while the police are after Jill since she has a gun with her.

Now despite this being an interesting premise, there's just so much that really brings the film down. And when I say down, I mean DOWWWWNNNN. I mean, everyone in the film was just painful to watch. The police are just some of the most unrealistic I've ever seen on film. The only one who actually has a small BIT of character is Wes Bently, YES the same guy who played the villain in the first "Ghost Rider." But even then, he's terrible since he doesn't do that much. As for Amanda Seyfried, her performance, much like "Red Riding Hood," gives a blank emotionless face throughout the movie. She didn't get me invested into the movie, and I almost fell asleep during this movie. Yeah, she's that terrible. Her backstory about her and Jim McCoy are completely stupid, because it has no structure, accomplishment, and she's a complete idiot, falling directly into his trap. She also "develops" to be as bad as Jim, because *spoiler alert, which doesn't matter anyway* she just flat out kills him. Not only that, but when her sister is found and tells the police that Jim's back, Seyfried just says that it was all in her head. Okay, I just have to ask...WHO WROTE THIS CRAP?! And as a mystery thriller, there's no suspense built, nor is there anything solved here. It turns out to be some jackass serial killer, and you aren't sucked into nothing at all, except this bullshit excuse of a movie.

That's all that I can actually say about this movie, since that's honestly all there is to it. Overall, "Gone" has a title that makes me wish this movie was in my memory. If you have any interest in watching this movie, DON'T! This film was supposedly recommended to watch on Netflix and Redbox. Well, guess what? This film isn't even worth the 50% bargain bin at the dollar store!

Rating: 1/10