Gone (2006)

The story is too dry, and the whole story is not interesting at all.I was almost asleep. and horror? not at all.My life has been wasted 88 minutes. I can never claim the 88min back.For young people that are 18 years old, they may actually learn something from the movie, especially when they deal with strangers.For experienced adult, this movie is like a cartoon education for your kid, and nothing is quit logical.the main characters are performing well, so as to make audience asleep. Taylor is picked up well, and he is 'handsome'.the girl in the movie is so so, ordinary looking and not much attractive.the end of the story is so lame.

This is one of those movies that I couldn't help myself scream at the TV "You stupid morons just keep going your own way!" It was so obvious what is going on that you just hope the main characters pay for their stupidity and ignorance.The story begins when a young British traveler, by the name Alex, arrives in Sydney and he is schedule to meet with his girlfriend. But before that, he meets another young American traveler by the name of Taylor. Taylor convinces Alex to have a few drinks that first night and meet some girls before Alex gets to his destiny. The next day, Taylor meets Alex girlfriend, Sophie, and immediately becomes obsess with her. Then Taylor devises ways to separate them and gain Sophie's favor to the point of becoming homicidal. This movie is predictable from the opening credits. The writers didn't develop a plot where they could engage the audience, instead, they wrote a poor, predictable story. Although you might think that the American backpacker is not to be trusted, you know he is the villain the first minute he is introduced in the movie. There are no surprises and movie just drags on to the inevitable conclusion, which in my mind, is pretty lame. Although at a certain point Alex realizes what is going on, he just doesn't do anything to prevent it, and that is what really bothered me about this movie.Gone tries miserably to be like Psycho and the Hitcher, but instead is an epic fail.

Gone sure is a surprise - I didn't expect it to be as good. The soundtrack is almost perfect. All of the actors are good, but Scott Mechlowicz in particular. I first discovered him in Mean Creek (2005), and I must admit that although his character in Gone isn't nearly as moving and interesting, he delivers a solid performance that almost makes me sympathize with Taylor.The pacing is somewhat off, and unfortunately, the suspenseful beginning is quickly brought to an end towards the end of the movie where the clicheés line up and actually make me cringe. The last twenty minutes, Gone transforms into a typical horror film, which is a shame, since the story does have potential in the beginning.

Oh look... an outback 'thriller' where a couple get menaced by some cretin. aaah... so who exactly greenlit this? GONE opened and closed in Australia in 14 days... thus wasting the time effort money and resources of the film industry yet again making a lame duck movie that copies putrid crap like WOLF CREEK. Want a good outback thriller? then see ROADGAMES directed by the late great Richard Franklin... or internationally the original version of THE HITCHER or even BREAKDOWN... but as we all knew the day before GONE opened, GONE was GONER really. Its 30 something director might need to be original and not copy... or if ya do, kid, copy North By North West instead. Who would leave their home to see this? nobody...again....... Goodbye.... oh, GONE already.