Missing   ★★★

MISSING is one of the better so-called ‘screen life’ thrillers.

This 2023 American film, the debut feature for directorial team Will Merrick and Nick Johnson, is the third in a loose trilogy that also includes Searching (2018) and Run (2020).

I say loose because there isn’t a lot that binds them except a couple of the characters and of course the treatment of presenting the narrative using a variety of screen technology including PCs, phones, tablets, internet and security cameras.

Of course the concept never fully lasts and Missing also starts to cheat a little in its last act.

Nevertheless it presents a more interesting story with a few nice twists and is bolstered by some good performances, including Storm Reid in the lead role as a young woman searching the internet for her missing mother.