The Vanishing (DVD, 2004)

I don't know if my rating has been tainted by the fact that I saw the original French version of this movie many years ago, but after seeing this one, I was sorely disappointed. The mysterious manner and suspense of the first movie is gone, and perhaps it's the lead actors who ruin it for me. Sutherland himself comes off too creepy, and therefore the viewer doesn't have a whole lot of sympathy for him. Bridges is not quite right in the role; the criminal in the original production comes off as much more clever. Whatever it is, the movie doesn't quite work.

In this movie, a man (played by Kiefer Sutherland) becomes obsessed with his lover's abduction, and does everything in his power to find out what happens to her. When her abductor (played by Jeff Bridges) says he knows what happened and offers a re-enactment, the man obliges. Unfortunately, the re-enactment is much more than he bargained for.

Seen it yrs. ago - bouthg it to watch again. Seems I didn't miss any thing the first time I saw it - will store it in the back of the good movies. D-

The remake of the vanishing is great and cool jeff bridges is a great villain and keifer sutherland is a terrific and capable hero this remake is tremendous and while often criticized for the happy ending the original dutch film contained a similar happy ending

This has always been in my top 10 list even through the years...They all played a wonderful part. must see in my book of great movies.

Loved this movie. Hitchcock is one of my favorites since you aren't quite sure what he'll do next. The Vanishing with Kiefer Sutherland is as good as you can get without being a Hitchcock classic. Mr. Sutherland gives a very heart wrenching performance as Jeff, all the emotions you'll experience on the corkscrew at Cedar Point! Love, fear, abject terror, the moment you realize you are no longer in control thus subsequently embracing totally the thing you dread most. It was refreshing to see Mr. Sutherland play a role that shows his vulnerable side, as a victim not the bad guy. Jeff Bridges is a total demented psychopath, very believeable in todays society. Hated the odd european accent Mr. Bridges endowed Barney with. The main reason I purchased this movie was because 24 isn't on currently due to the writers strike & I had to get my Kiefer fix. Jeff isn't Jack, but at the end the thing Jeff does with the shovel could be considered a tad bit Bauerish. Definately NOT a kids movie, yet it does teach an important lesson: NEVER buy discount jewelry from a guy with a bad accent, and NEVER get into a car with him either...

I like the Actress in the movie, I bought the movie because it has my favorite actress in it. It took forever to get here.

Looked everywhere for this movie (Vanishing) on DVD. Was very excited when i got it. My conquest was finally over. Love to collect OLD movies. Plus I didn't spend alot on the movie. Thank You

my sister and i feel in love with this movie for it was a new idea of horror.(not bloody)it made you think . if someone you loved vanished without a trace and you had the chance to see what they went threw to either live or die would you want to know, or instaed you could just keep a good thought. for me being in the medical feild i would want to know. this movie makes you stop and think that you could be in the middle of your life and poof wake up in a nightmare. and of course i love kiefer sutherland and jeff bridges is so off the wall