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Seasons(2) / Episodes(16)
Plots(1)
When Tony and Emily Hughes travel to France with their 5-year-old son Oliver, their family holiday turns into a nightmare when Oliver disappears into the crowd of a busy French street. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews of this series by the user Marigold (1)
The Missing (2014)
A continuation what I would slowly start calling "Britnoir". Like Broadchurch, The Missing takes over the concept of the Nordic television detective show The Killing, focusing on the complex psychological and social fungus of investigating a single crime, in this case a child abduction. The theme of disturbed families, perversions and deep traumas is elaborated very consistently here and, thanks to very civilly written and acted characters, has quite a strong emotional vibe. The detective level suffers from the "logic is subordinated to the point" syndrome, but fortunately in the end the magnetism of the main character prevails, which was performed, on the verge of what is bearable, by the devastated James Nesbitt. His father has so much pain written in his face that The Missing sometimes balances on the edge of convulsion, but he always has enough stability to hold on. And, also, because the great Tchéky Karyo is the embodiment of the wisdom of old age as Detective Jean-Baptiste - the police version of Gandalf the Gray, when Bofur and Balin are flickering. Alternating two timelines is a great idea, because it creates a dramatic tension (we know what happens / doesn’t happen, but we don't know why). It's a pity that the dramaturgical series feels unbalanced towards the end (a captivating part 6 and a static part 7). The Missing is simply another promising concept that offers more than just excitement.
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