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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers.
Starring: Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel HenneyThriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Missing is another in the small, but growing, "screen" movie genre that takes place entirely within the boundaries of a modern computer screen. The film is not a direct follow-up to 2018's Searching but it is, in every sense, a spiritual successor. That film featured a less than tech-savvy dad trying to find his missing daughter through the cluttered rabbit trail of the digital world, while Missing flips the story and features a technologically adept teenage girl piecing together the mystery of her missing mother. Both films are very well done, and this one is particularly sharp, holding to a series of intense narrative details and constantly evolving twists and turns that redefine the movie in almost every minute.
The 1080p transfer is fine within the visual context, which is made of sharp desktop icons, various computer windows, and computer graphics. Video is usually at the mercy of the quality of the source, like a compressed Facetime feed or noisy low light security video footage. But the graphics are sharp and pleasing with crisp lines and abundant color throughout the various windows, computer buttons, and the like. This is nontraditional video, but it looks great, even when that means some natural compression issues in video calls and the like.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack is very good. It's loud and intense, which in a way breaks the "on-screen" illusion, but the amplified audio certainly raises the dramatic tension, mystery, and excitement in the film, giving it something of a Hollywood experience without the usual visual style in support. The film opens with some substantial musical cues, and such beefy and surround-heavy musical elements are commonplace throughout the film. The 5.1 track certainly pushes the speakers rather hard, and it does so while maintaining excellent clarity and spatial excellence. Ambient content is mostly minimal, and dialogue remains clear, even if it's naturally a bit tinny or flat as it plays on various Facetime calls or other areas where clarity is not meant to be absolutely lifelike.
This Blu-ray release of Missing includes a nice assortment of extra content. No DVD copy of the film is included, but this release does ship
with a Movies Anywhere digital copy code. This release also ships with a non-embossed slipcover.
Missing builds an intense and exhilarating story that takes familiar genre elements and redefines them in the cutting edge digital arena. The film is fast paced and relentlessly engaging, offering ample twists and turns that don't even leave the audience time to guess. It's just a whirlwind of content that evolves almost second-by-second. Sony's Blu-ray is very good all-around, delivering healthy video and excellent audio, supported by a good amount of extras that are also of worthwhile interest. Highly recommended.
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