Review of Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Ok seemed promising and was ok to wile away a Sunday afternoon. This is not scary nor a thriller. It bobs along with little dialogue. I wanted more talk! Good acting especially by the lead actress, but the ambiguity was frustrating. I think if I was 7 and just saw a kid kidnapped I'd run back to my parents screaming. Abby says nothing. Maybe she was in shock but... The parents of the kidnapped boy couldn't care less about anything, nor that their tiger was mauling their son. Just saying he was weak? Uggh The supposed abuser was actually innocent but still acted weird. Ended up being the boys saviour from the crazy parents. I had to rewind at the end because things happened so fast all of a sudden. Police bust in and arrest the kidnapper, woke me up after a slow paced film. Then Abby is working in a motel, and a man comes in with an eyepatch who we assume is Alex (the boy) grown up. But didn't they find his body? Don't know. Again, stilted convo and ambiguous. And he says "Do we know each other?" Ummm oh yes! I am recognisable from when I'm 7yrs old omg. Alex/Al goes to his room and that's it?? Uggh Ok I get it was a Noir Film. But the screenwriter didn't have much work to do. Instead people just looking at each other all the time. When there were conversations, they weren't normal. Stilted and ambiguous. The premise was good or could've been if they weren't shooting for such a dark film and yes in the dark also. Anyway is ok if you have a spare 90 mins.