This feels like a great idea burned by weak plotting and an extraordinarily dumb cop protagonist. We were ahead of him all the way, despairing at his inability to spot the most obvious clues while refusing to question what was obviously very questionable evidence. The parents of the missing children also behave so foolishly that I lost sympathy for them. I did watch to the end though, as I did at least hope they'd find the missing children. But even the ending proved to be predictable and anti-climactic. A real shame, as the story itself is a good one - it's how it's told lets it down. In a detective movie like this, the audience shouldn't be ahead of the detective. We despaired over the cop's stupidity.

I hope Jake Gyllenhall isn't going make a habit of playing numbskulls; his character in Life is equally dim-witted.