Last Seen Alive

The Plot: 2008's seminal action movie Taken has made waves in pop culture and in the filmmaking business. Goodman opts to bring that formula, along with 1997's ...

Its impact as a sequence is limited, but it at least clarifies the inaction on behalf of the police force. Escalation does come into effect though, as Will has had enough of waiting and roughs up the man to view the security cameras, which he claimed were broken initially. Paterson is a straightforward investigator, even if he has a (perhaps overplayed) tendency to grill Will instead of working on the case. It promises something familiar, and Last Seen Alive delivers with competence, keeping all but Will stuck in place as he’s the only one who has the urgency to move while there’s still time. Marital problems are a throughline in movies of this ilk, and the trait is present here. About to separate from each other are Will (Butler) and Lisa (Alexander), with the man taking the woman to her parents’ house to ruminate on possible options.