GONE | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"GONE"
(2012) (Amanda Seyfried, Wes Bentley) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:: Suspense/Thriller: A young woman who was kidnapped, but escaped two years earlier now fears her sister has been abducted by the same serial killer.

PLOT:

Two years ago, Jill Parrish (AMANDA SEYFRIED) claims to have been abducted from her bed and taken out to the thick forest outside of Portland where her abductor placed her into a deep, dark hole and threatened to kill her. She escaped and was eventually picked up by police, but could not lead them to where the hole was and she could not identify her attacker because she never really got a good look at him. Detective Powers (DANIEL SUNJATA), the cop assigned to her case, ended up not believing her and halted any further investigation despite Jill insisting that there had been other victims.

Jill still walks the forest, looking for the site where she was brutalized. She is on medication to control her anxieties and lives with her sister, Molly (EMILY WICKERSHAM). When Molly goes missing, having been abducted from her bed in the middle of the night, Molly implores Powers and his commanding officer, Lt. Ray Bozeman (MICHAEL PARE), to help but they refuse. Only new Det. Peter Hood (WES BENTLEY) seems to have any sympathy.

Gun in hand, Jill decides to take the law into her own hands and find her sister. When Powers hears of her threatening various citizens who may or may not be connected to the case, he orders Jill arrested. She then enlists the aid of Molly's boyfriend, Billy (SEBASTIAN STAN), and her co-worker, Sharon (JENNIFER CARPENTER), in her quest.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Older teens who are fans of Amanda Seyfried may have some interest.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13: For violence and terror, some sexual material, brief language and drug references.

CAST AS ROLE MODELS:

AMANDA SEYFRIED plays a woman who was the victim of an abduction two years earlier, but failed...

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