Monday, December 17, 2012
Vanishing on 7th Street (2011)
Hayden Christensen
is on the run in the horror/thriller “Vanishing on 7th
Street.” He runs not from cops or crooks, nor space aliens. He runs from a dark cloud that vaporizes all life that it touches. George Lucas with more “Star Wars” prequel ideas? No. More biblical plaque a la “Exodus.” The Roanoke (N.C.) mystery plays a hand. No matter, director Brad Anderson (“Casper”) never tells
us. We’re in Detroit at night when thousands of people disappear during a
power outage. Only a tiny handful remain: Christensen’s TV news reporter and some stragglers (Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo) and a child. They bicker, fret,
and flee the dark. God is invoked, but the majority of plot is set inside a
bar. A church sits down the street. The mystery is a doubled-edged sword that
leads to a WTF ending with plot holes wide open: The city falls into absolute blot-out-the-sun
dark, but the moon shines bright. How? In horror, details matter. Christensen
plays well against an endless void. It’s all uphill after Teen Vadar. B-
Labels:
2011,
Brad Anderson,
darkness,
Exodus,
George Lucas,
God,
Hayden Christensen,
horror,
John Leguizamo,
mystery,
Roanoke,
Star Wars,
Thandie Newton,
thriller
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