Last Seen Alive is a new mystery thriller directed by Brian Goodman, director of Black Butterfly and What Doesn't Kill You. The film is about Will Spann (Gerard Butler), who travels with his wife Lisa (Jamie Alexander) to his in-laws. Their relationship is on the rocks and they try to work on it before they get divorced.
When the two stop at a gas station along the way, Lisa suddenly gets lost. Will enlists the help of the police and informs Lisa of what happened to her parents. Because Will thinks the police is taking too long, he decides to investigate himself. Thanks to his rebellious actions during his own investigation, Will is increasingly appearing as a suspect to the police and Lisa's parents. To prove his innocence, he must find Lisa before he ends up in jail himself. With this film they try to make an entertaining mystery thriller as a kind of mix between the films Taken and Gone Girl. This film unfortunately has a lesser level thanks to the story of the film. The story was written by Marc Frydman and this is only his second writing work for a film. This is unfortunately reflected in the quality of the story in certain situations in the film. The film starts with a prologue that already gives the viewer too much information, so that you can quickly get ahead of the story and the mysterious sides are somewhat lost. Because of the script, the main character sometimes comes across as a bit stupid because of separate impatient decisions he makes, which only get him into more trouble. With a better scripted script, the movie could have been more entertaining. The visual effects are decent in the movie. Most of the blood from wounds comes across as believable, but with larger effects such as explosions it is clearly visible that these have been placed in the film with CGI. Because of this lower quality you are sometimes taken out of the film. Gerard Butler knows how to deliver good acting as the lead role of the film, but thanks to the script he sometimes comes across as a bit too exaggerated. Because she disappears early in the film, Jamie Alexander has little time to work with me in the film. Russell Hornsby also comes across as a standard cop trying to help Will find his wife, but Will's rebellious sides sometimes make them work against each other.
When the two stop at a gas station along the way, Lisa suddenly gets lost. Will enlists the help of the police and informs Lisa of what happened to her parents. Because Will thinks the police is taking too long, he decides to investigate himself. Thanks to his rebellious actions during his own investigation, Will is increasingly appearing as a suspect to the police and Lisa's parents. To prove his innocence, he must find Lisa before he ends up in jail himself. With this film they try to make an entertaining mystery thriller as a kind of mix between the films Taken and Gone Girl. This film unfortunately has a lesser level thanks to the story of the film. The story was written by Marc Frydman and this is only his second writing work for a film. This is unfortunately reflected in the quality of the story in certain situations in the film. The film starts with a prologue that already gives the viewer too much information, so that you can quickly get ahead of the story and the mysterious sides are somewhat lost. Because of the script, the main character sometimes comes across as a bit stupid because of separate impatient decisions he makes, which only get him into more trouble. With a better scripted script, the movie could have been more entertaining. The visual effects are decent in the movie. Most of the blood from wounds comes across as believable, but with larger effects such as explosions it is clearly visible that these have been placed in the film with CGI. Because of this lower quality you are sometimes taken out of the film. Gerard Butler knows how to deliver good acting as the lead role of the film, but thanks to the script he sometimes comes across as a bit too exaggerated. Because she disappears early in the film, Jamie Alexander has little time to work with me in the film. Russell Hornsby also comes across as a standard cop trying to help Will find his wife, but Will's rebellious sides sometimes make them work against each other.