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On January 14th, 2007, 14-year-old Megan Stewart disappeared. Three weeks later, her 13-year-old best friend Amy Herman also vanished. Assembled from video chats, webcam footage, home videos and news reports, this is what happened in the days immediately before, and after, Megan went missing.
From writer/director Michael Goi comes this unblinking depiction of internet predators and child abduction as seen through the eyes of two North Hollywood teens. Their language is blunt. Their behavior is shocking. And their fate is absolutely horrific. Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn and Dean Waite star in this disturbing and often explicit drama about a real-life world of risks and danger that every teen must know...and no parent can afford to miss.
From writer/director Michael Goi comes this unblinking depiction of internet predators and child abduction as seen through the eyes of two North Hollywood teens. Their language is blunt. Their behavior is shocking. And their fate is absolutely horrific. Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn and Dean Waite star in this disturbing and often explicit drama about a real-life world of risks and danger that every teen must know...and no parent can afford to miss.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Larry
Format:DVD
This is a hard movie to review. I will say this though, I have never been more bothered or shaken by ANY movie as I have been by this one. The movie should be required viewing for any teenager, boy or girl, in order to shake them to their core. This is the stuff you never hear about when a child is kidnapped, and you should be glad because the last 25 minutes of this movie are very hard to watch.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By PlanZImaging
Format:DVD
Let me begin by saying that this a well scripted, well acted, well written, well directed and excellent movie. However, let me continue to say that this was one of the most disturbing things I have ever witnessed on my 32" HD television screen and I wish it were just a little blurrier.
This movie is not excessively gory like the Hills Have Eyes or any other slasher on the market, it's not even as gory as Paranormal Activity and it's not overly profane like Reservoir Dogs or even Shrek, there's no nudity and there's no visualization of any dismemberment or otherwise. But this movie truly hits a nerve as you watch it, not because of any unnecessary violence or even the rape scene itself. For some reason watching it happen to a 21 year old on the big screen can be art and brilliance, but watching it happen to a 13 year old...I don't know, they may only show the face but the expression on her face..., but it gets you and hits you hard in your bodies deepest, most primal instincts of protecting those you care for. The characters are well done enough that they seem real to you as you watch the movie, even if the antics of Megan's friends are way over the top of any barely teenage girl I've ever met. Watching it, I know they created girl's characters to fit two completely different social extremes to show that these same circumstances can happen to anyone and everyone, whether you're the popular, smart student, the class slut, the good-one, or even the misfit. (They may be only two characters but they had four personalities). I think the worst part about the whole experience is you KNOW some similar circumstances have happened before on a daily basis and they'll probably happen again, and again, and again, and again. For these reasons listed above I would give the movie 5-stars.
HOWEVER,
The last 22 minutes are way to overdone, and nothing is done to give the viewer any sort of alternative or recommendation. I get why they did it, driving the point home, but it's simply unnecessary and cruel. And my least favorite part is the way they seem to paint the Internet as this inherent evil that plagues all those who use it to communicate. I think technology can be as much a beautiful thing as it is a grotesque one. Information is power, fear is the theft of assumed power, but teaching is the gaining of true power. All this movie does is steal that assumed power away, but not provide the resources to gain that true power back. For these reasons I give the movie one star.
So as I cannot do either 5-stars or 1-star I will settle in the middle for 3, while this movie is excellent in all aspects it ultimately just leaves the viewer frightened of the world around them rather than informed of the truth that they can possess about it.
This movie is not excessively gory like the Hills Have Eyes or any other slasher on the market, it's not even as gory as Paranormal Activity and it's not overly profane like Reservoir Dogs or even Shrek, there's no nudity and there's no visualization of any dismemberment or otherwise. But this movie truly hits a nerve as you watch it, not because of any unnecessary violence or even the rape scene itself. For some reason watching it happen to a 21 year old on the big screen can be art and brilliance, but watching it happen to a 13 year old...I don't know, they may only show the face but the expression on her face..., but it gets you and hits you hard in your bodies deepest, most primal instincts of protecting those you care for. The characters are well done enough that they seem real to you as you watch the movie, even if the antics of Megan's friends are way over the top of any barely teenage girl I've ever met. Watching it, I know they created girl's characters to fit two completely different social extremes to show that these same circumstances can happen to anyone and everyone, whether you're the popular, smart student, the class slut, the good-one, or even the misfit. (They may be only two characters but they had four personalities). I think the worst part about the whole experience is you KNOW some similar circumstances have happened before on a daily basis and they'll probably happen again, and again, and again, and again. For these reasons listed above I would give the movie 5-stars.
HOWEVER,
The last 22 minutes are way to overdone, and nothing is done to give the viewer any sort of alternative or recommendation. I get why they did it, driving the point home, but it's simply unnecessary and cruel. And my least favorite part is the way they seem to paint the Internet as this inherent evil that plagues all those who use it to communicate. I think technology can be as much a beautiful thing as it is a grotesque one. Information is power, fear is the theft of assumed power, but teaching is the gaining of true power. All this movie does is steal that assumed power away, but not provide the resources to gain that true power back. For these reasons I give the movie one star.
So as I cannot do either 5-stars or 1-star I will settle in the middle for 3, while this movie is excellent in all aspects it ultimately just leaves the viewer frightened of the world around them rather than informed of the truth that they can possess about it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Kat
Format:DVD
This movie has been getting a lot of hype and flack for the content. So I figured I better watch and see for myself.
Honestly the first hour is painfully boring. Its two teenage girls standing in front of cell phones or cameras talking. (all of this movie is "found footage" from cell phones, web cams, etc. so get used to it) Some parts they discuss first time sexual activities, or being molested. Honestly pretty disturbing for someone of my age (30) to listen to as the girls in the movie are 14/15 years old. Now, if I was their age, I wouldn't have been uncomfortable really listening to them talk like this because I'd relate to their age group, but instead it was pretty disturbing and I found myself wondering what I was really in store for.
The movie starts to get a little funny. I know, its wrong of me to be laughing about it, because it is a serious issue, this sort of thing really did/does happen, and this movie was based on a few different real cases. But the problem is that the writing in this and the acting during certain scenes were just hilarious even without trying to be. Or maybe it was trying to make you laugh during this specific scene (the scene where they show, and reenact the abduction of Megan) just so they can shock you in the next shot. With a few still "horrific" images. Here I am laughing about this scene and these images pop up and I shut off the movie. I was alone, late at night, kinda scared of what they'd show next. Now, later I looked online or these images, and they weren't that bad, creepy, but I guess just within the context of the movie at that moment they freaked me out.
I did turn the movie back on. But I was creeped out from that point on as really that's where it turns into "horror".
While the overall acting, story, etc, was pretty lame. I felt as a first watch the ending made up for it as it did spook me out. However, that doesn't mean it's a great movie by any means. I would never watch it again because it was painfully boring for the most part. So this makes it a hard one to rate.
Feel free to check out my blog Shivers of Horror (link in my profile) for a more in depth review on this movie along with many many other horror movie/book reviews.
Honestly the first hour is painfully boring. Its two teenage girls standing in front of cell phones or cameras talking. (all of this movie is "found footage" from cell phones, web cams, etc. so get used to it) Some parts they discuss first time sexual activities, or being molested. Honestly pretty disturbing for someone of my age (30) to listen to as the girls in the movie are 14/15 years old. Now, if I was their age, I wouldn't have been uncomfortable really listening to them talk like this because I'd relate to their age group, but instead it was pretty disturbing and I found myself wondering what I was really in store for.
The movie starts to get a little funny. I know, its wrong of me to be laughing about it, because it is a serious issue, this sort of thing really did/does happen, and this movie was based on a few different real cases. But the problem is that the writing in this and the acting during certain scenes were just hilarious even without trying to be. Or maybe it was trying to make you laugh during this specific scene (the scene where they show, and reenact the abduction of Megan) just so they can shock you in the next shot. With a few still "horrific" images. Here I am laughing about this scene and these images pop up and I shut off the movie. I was alone, late at night, kinda scared of what they'd show next. Now, later I looked online or these images, and they weren't that bad, creepy, but I guess just within the context of the movie at that moment they freaked me out.
I did turn the movie back on. But I was creeped out from that point on as really that's where it turns into "horror".
While the overall acting, story, etc, was pretty lame. I felt as a first watch the ending made up for it as it did spook me out. However, that doesn't mean it's a great movie by any means. I would never watch it again because it was painfully boring for the most part. So this makes it a hard one to rate.
Feel free to check out my blog Shivers of Horror (link in my profile) for a more in depth review on this movie along with many many other horror movie/book reviews.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of messed me up in the head.
One of the most sick and demented movies I've ever seen. The messed up fact about this movie is it's based on a true story. Read more
Published 10 days ago by kevin kiser
4.0 out of 5 stars
hard to watch
but i couldn't look away. It had my total attention the entire time. Very scarey to know that things like this really happen.
Published 19 days ago by Belinda Stratton
3.0 out of 5 stars
A PSA announcement for meeting up with strangers on the net.
Megan is missing is the story of two young teenage girls that live in suburbia. Their lives are plagued with the usually teen drama of fitting in, being popular,having sex, doing... Read more
Published 1 month ago by maskedgamer
4.0 out of 5 stars
good
pretty good item good shape great price fast service that is all i got to say about this item bye
Published 1 month ago by sherrycornwell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Scariest movie I've ever seen!
There are a couple gross parts, but it's not completely overdone in that aspect. The movie is just very scary, gets in your head, and goes where you didn't think it could go. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ethaananan
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid this film
I don't know what goal the producers started with, but this film ends up as torture porn. I understand that women are sometimes crime victims, but situations like this are very... Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Halperin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shocking
Every parent should watch this movie and even let their teenage daughters watch it also. They should discuss the dangers of chating on the internet. This movie shows those dangers.
Published 2 months ago by meme2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
People who do those things need to have the same done to them. That way, people like that would think twice before doing those things. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pasquale Gelardi
4.0 out of 5 stars
A story to hate; Highly recommended viewing.
If you have the stomach for it, this is, to say the least, an extremely disturbing and what appears to be realistic portrayal of online predation. Read more
Published 3 months ago by William R. Toddmancillas
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm 17 and thank god for this movie.
I am 17 years old and I sat through this. I personally have met guys offline since the age of 13. I wish I would have watched this film that long ago. I could have been Megan. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Thankful Teen
