Not Forgotten

THE CHARM OF SIMON BAKER MAY TRY TO FOOL YOU IN THIS MOVIE & WHAT THRILLS! IN A BORDER TOWN OF THE US AND MEXICO, OUR PROTAGONIST HAS LIVED FOR TEN YEARS WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND REMARRIED WIFE. SUDDENLY, THE GIRL IS KIDNAPPED AND THE SEARCH IS ON. ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS LOOKING. HOWEVER, EARLIER, SIMON PEERED IN ON HIS DAUGHTER VIEWING THE FORBIDDENRELIGION OF LA SANTA MUERTE, SIMILAR TO US, AS SANTERIA. HE EMPHATICALLY TELLS HER TO STAY AWAY, THIS RELIGION IS DEADLY.FINALLY HIS BACKGROUND IS RELEASED TO THE AUDIENCE AND WE ARE SHOCKED, BUT NO ONE IN THE FILM KNOWS ANYTHING. THE CHILD IS FOUND AND RELATIVE TRANQUILITY IS RESTORED, SUPERFICIALLY. WE KNOW THE FORBIDDEN SECRET. AS THE DENOUEMENTI.E. UNRAVELING DEVELOPS, SIMON IS TAKING HIS DAUGHTER FOR A SEASIDE VACATION, BUT FIRST HER MOTHER WHISPERS A SECRET IN HER EAR AND SHE NODS. THAT SENTENCE IS WHAT.....YOU......MUST LISTEN FOR. A PHENOMENAL ALFRED HITCHCOCK TYPE MOVIE.

Great acting, intriguing story, beautiful and sensuous theme music

This is a movie that I try to forget I bought, like this I will not regret too much the few $ I spent on Amazon. The Mentalist is one of my favorite TV shows and I have seen Paz Vega in other movies. So I didn't hesitate to get the movie. What a mistake!The plot is quite complicated and really difficult to imagine. Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) is a businessman, and coach of the soccer team that his daughter Tobey (Chloe Moretz) is playing on. They are living in a Texas border town. He is married to Amaya (Paz Vega). She is not the mother of Tobey. One day, just before practice, his daughter is kidnapped by someone and then...the movie starts. The cops are getting involved and are investigating. They ask Jack about his ex wife and he says that she died and that he doesn't remember where his wife is burried and doesn't have a death certificate. He also doesn't remember how his wife died. And the cops say ....OK, no problem (!). From that point on I stopped taking this movie seriously and just watched to see where the pathetic director is taking us. Probably one of the worst direction I have ever seen! When the director of a movie accepts such nonsense then the whole script belongs in the garbage.This is a bad movie all around. Bad plot, bad acting, bad direction, especially the direction. Not sure why they keep showing the river with the border line between Texas and Mexico all the time. At no point we believe that Baker is that reformed assassin while the direction of the movie is at best pathetic. The movie jumps from one scene to the other without any cohesion and smooth transitions.Two stars for Chloe Moretz who tries to save the movie and for the end that is unexpected. But the plot had potential with another director and with someone who can really play a guy with two personalities (Ralph Fiennes comes to mind instead of Simon Baker).

Ok

At the beginning especially this movie felt pretty low budget and some of the acting by supporting characters clearly lame. As was some of the dialogue. But I stuck with it and have to say I did enjoy the twists that finally started to show up. The end was eerie - not what I expected. Which was a plus as not many flicks surprise me.Acting by key performers was good, as expected. Hubby, wife, daughter, but I was surprised to see Simon Baker in this less than B grade movie. He certainly switched it up and was intensely menacing at times vs his typical low key performance. Cannot understand why he isn't more of a featured player in bigger budget films.Interesting to read on IMDB that Chloe had worked with Baker previously on The Guardian. Her star status has certainly risen since this film.Was also interesting to see Zahn McClarnon played the small part of Calvo. McClarnon was amazing in his role as Akcheta in Westworld, so it surprised me to see him in this very stereotyped bit part. But I guess actors have to eat.Not the best movie. Not the worst.But I do think the ending will get most of you.

I bought this DVD to see more of Simon Baker's work. He and Ms. Vega were superb as ever. I found the child actress to be believable but the rest of the actors seemed cast for their appearance, even the "famous Mexican actress". I was shocked and grieved to hear the comments of the director and producer (?) about Simon Baker. What were they thinking? If they perceived his actions to be nervous and demanding, they should have taken it as a clue that their decisions needed tweaking. Such a prima donna would not be cast in projects before and after their film because he is not particularly famous. I had not heard of him nor The Mentalist until last year. (Granted, I don't watch much TV). Viewing reruns of the show, I was impressed with his skill and quirky characterization. Curious to know if he could create other types of characters, I searched IMBD and was surprised to find that he had won many awards. After watching some of his movies and all of The Guardian series I know I can count on this actor for consistancy: tremendous concentration, truth, variety and clarity. My recommendation to everyone is to watch anything that he is in and to disregard the comments of these two fools.

This was a decent story. Definitely not a story you see often. The acting was good if a bit unbelievable (more a writing issue than an acting issue). Set in a border town, I liked that it wasn't your typical American white society centric story. It played with cultural stereotypes, but it does fall into a few tropes. On the whole, I would say it was a decent film for an older audience.

Violent and with whopping great holes in the logical story-line (far too many to list) this is nevertheless an enjoyable ride, and a must for Simon Baker fans.Basically it's a father's search for his missing daughter, trawling the seedy sides of the US-Mexico border, and with a nod or two to the folk saint Sante Muerte (although it's debatable how accurate some of this is). It all spins along fast enough to keep your interest (and to prevent the "yes...but" moments) and it even delivers a few surprises.A nice way to spend the late evening, when you don't want to think too much. And you get to see Mr Baker without his shirt, which must be worth the price of the DVD for some!

good film

Good enough and Simon Baker is very good. But I quit trying to watch the movie. Story just failed to hold me.

thank you as I am a fan of Simon Baker I enjoyed watching this film ,witch came in good time and good condition .

Only bought this film as i'm a Mentalist and Simon Baker fan .Was a good film and would recommend.