Searching (John Cho)

[Hunter Rider]

After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.

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Looks a bit gimmicky but it has a lot of buzz.

 

[Lencho01]

Could be entertaining enough.

 

[terry78]

Just saw this one....very well done. It's similar to Unfriended in that everything is done via devices and you never see the people in real time, but it's tense as ****. The twist is pretty crazy to boot though you can kinda foreshadow it.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I'm waiting on bald @Kane52630 and or @StarLord to give the green light from their reviews.

 

[Kane52630]

My review

Spoiler

It's another laptop movie and I feel like they're finally getting to a point where the gimmick can expand past the conventional horror flicks. I thought it was a pretty decent mystery that uses a laptop screen to its advantage. It's John Cho's movie and he's carrying it the entire time. I thought he was great in it and some of the supporting cast did a fine job. What I find interesting is they use the gimmick, but use Hollywood style directing of a laptop screen... Which is something different from the Unfriended movies and The Den. It makes it easier to follow for those who don't want to be staring at a screen the entire time. Another thing different is this has a bigger budget than those horror flicks. Only drawbacks that I could think of is the 3rd act may or may not make you roll your eyes. I thought it worked for the most part, but I can see people complaining about how "cheesy" it is. With this gimmick, I was actually more emotionally invested in Unfriended Dark Web. I thought worked way more than Searching, but overall, this is a movie meant for a wide audience and it's definitely a good popcorn movie.

8/10

 

[Mandon Knight]

Is the twist

Spoiler

That the daughter died already and the father is struggling to come to terms with this and so invents all the clues as a way of keeping 'her' alive in his mind

, having only seen the trailer in front of when I saw Ant Man & Wasp, that's what occurred to me, could be the 'twist'.

 

[samsnee]

No the twist isn’t something psychological like that.

 

[Kane52630]

It's pretty straight forward. You could probably see it coming.

 

[tzarinna]

I enjoyed this quite a bit. I was surprised at home emotional I got at the end, damn near sobbing.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Discounting big time CBMs, this is probably one of my favorite films of the year. This was presented in a very original format that used the laptop not as a gimmick but as an effective storytelling tool. This movie is also very well-written and has a great theme about the face you present to others and who you really are. Wonderful movie. This and A Quiet Place are probably the 2 films this year that blew me away the most (outside like IW or something like that)

 

[3rdstone]

I highly enjoyed this. Felt a bit rushed towards the end, but otherwise fine by me. Like Kane said, Cho carried this, but I think Messing did a great job as well.

 

[Voltron]

I enjoyed this quite a bit. I was surprised at home emotional I got at the end, damn near sobbing.

I surprisingly got emotional at the end too. This is such an underrated movie! I highly recommend. Starts off slow, but it grips you till the end.

 

[Pennywise]

Searching sequel Sony Stage 6 Will Merrick & Nick Johnson direct – Deadline

 

[Hunter Rider]

This was a stand alone story and a very good one at that.

 

[Lencho01]

I’m up for a sequel.

 

[Pennywise]