Get Outta da House Cinema 2023 - Missing

Well, well, well, 2022 was almost the death of cinema for me. Now two decent movies in a row! WTF

Yes Cocaine Bear was actually fun AF! But now to something totally different, Missing.

Written and directed by Will Merrick and Nick Johnson from a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty. The film is a standalone sequel to Searching (2018). 

Starring Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, and Nia Long. 

Missing follows June Allen, a teenager who tries to find her missing mother after she disappears on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend.

Missing had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023, receiving generally positive reviews from critics. So far the film has grossed $36 million at the box office. Not bad for a film based off screens, either Macbooks or iPhones!

It is a wild, twisted road we go on with Missing, like Searching the film packs in a lot under 2 hours. The suspense is wild at times, the pumping soundtrack through one or two scenes creates a super intense cinema experience.

This is what I want from the movies people. Fun in Cocaine Bear with some LOL's and edge of the seat, compelling thrillers.

I'm impressed with the movie line up for March. Yes there are sequels galore, Creed III, Scream VI, John Wick Part Four. But hey these are fine franchises to build on.

What's funny as I heard a seven, eight or nine year old boy look to his dad at the cinema and I kid you not say, "they are really running out of ideas for movies right, Dad?". So true. You are too young to be that wise!

That said, Missing was grand, 3.5 Stars.