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'Missing: Searching 2' review: A perfect thriller for the ‘IT’ generation

Sev Ohanian’s story gets a wonderful screenplay and direction from Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson. Paced with breathtaking efficiency and edited brilliantly, the narrative keeps you in its grip with escalating tension despite the assortment of gadgets and screens that share equal screen space with the lead characters

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Film: Missing: #Searching 2
Cast: Tim Griffin, Ava Zaria, Nia Long, Storm Reid, Kimberly Cheng, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Megan Suri, Lisa Yamada, Sharar Ali, Jameel Shivji, Michael Segovia, Daniel Henney, Joaquim de Almeida
Directors: Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick
Rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 111 mins

A digi-tech and internet-driven “device thriller” from the #Searching team is a follow-up on the sub-genre but not truly a sequel.

Missing opens with a video clip that shows the “last family vacation” of June Allen (played as an adult by Storm Reid) and her parents, Grace (Nia Long) and James (Tim Griffin). Following that, James dies of cancer, and Grace is left to raise her daughter on her own. In the present, we learn that Grace and her current beau, Kevin (Ken Leung), are headed for a vacation in Colombia. And then Grace doesn’t come back home on the appointed date.

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