Vanished Into The Night (2024) (Movie Review)

Vanished Into The Night (2024) Original title: Svaniti nella notte. Child kidnapping and drug trafficking, this film was supposed to be for thriller fans, but it disappointed quite a few. Netflix is adding new releases to its catalogue every day. Vanished in the Night, an Italian film, was supposed to keep us on the edge of our seats throughout the plot.But… It’s an Italian thriller directed by Renato De Maria, starring Riccardo Scamarcio, known for his roles in The Last Paradiso, The Binding and The Players. He stars opposite Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders, Star Trek: Discovery), whose French voice is the same as Margot Robbie ‘s 😉

Italian remake of the Argentinian film Séptimo released in 2013 and directed by Patxi Amezcua from a script he wrote with Alejo Flah. The thriller’s cast is led by Riccardo, who plays Massimiliano Gallo, seen in The Bastards of Pizzofalcone, Imma Tataranni and Vincenzo Malinconico, who also plays a key role in the feature. Gaia Coletti and Lorenzo Ferrante complete the main cast. The story is intriguing and takes us in more or less quickly, just long enough for everything to fall into place. Riccardo Scamarcio is excellent in this role, and his impressive charisma has a lot to do with it. There are plenty of moments where we don’t really understand what’s going on, we’re surprised and we discover things at the same time as the main character.

But the denouement is not necessarily convincing and the ending could really have been much better. I wrote in my review of Wakefield (2016) that the ending was perfect. One second too many or too few could have ruined the moment. Whereas here, it’s exactly the opposite. The film should have ended a few seconds earlier or a little later. And, in the end, despite the fact that I was glued to my seat, I ended up feeling like I’d wasted my time. So, not a film to throw away, but definitely not essential either. I watched this film, because on the list of films to see similar to another, it was the only one I hadn’t seen.

My Rating