Vanishing Point

7/10 Started interestingly, but then it became more predictable as it went. Yup, we have seen many films like this before. 2026 Films - Full Ranking

leoclie93

A little boy goes missing in his apartment complex in urban China, somewhere between his apartment, where his high-strung and high-conflict mother is, and his much chiller father waiting in the car downstairs. And so begins a sort of hypertext narrative in miniature, as…

Keith

And the award for most random use of Clair de Lune goes to

Amplituhedron

Way too long and convoluted overall but the cinematography is beautiful. Chongqing looking absolutely crisp throughout.

Ilario G

This modern mystery movie is a little hobbled by adopting a typical (for Chinese cinema of a certain caliber) melodramatic tone for most of its scenes. There is not much of the grittiness of more serious recent Chinese mystery thrillers like Black Coal Thin Ice. The…

moviethoughts4

Not a suspense film that relies on gore and bizarre scenes to create thrills. Instead, it brings familiar everyday scenes to the screen and then layers the story to confront the complexities of human nature. The film employs a three-pronged narrative: a child disappearing…

梦婷

I love seeing a movie with no prior information, and I kinda wish that was just how it worked. Like you just show up in a movie theater and they start playing something. Anyway this was delicious trash with very satisfying puzzle-piece storytelling. The villain reveal is an…

Jaiden Moreno

Having more mixed-used/high-density urban environments would do wonders for the American mystery scene. A pretty well-made mystery/suspense film with a couple of fun twists and well-weaved story lines. There are, however, some huge contrivances. Some of which are then…

Winston

movie had me suspecting so many different people over 2.5 hrs

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