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Keepers

The Vanishing (Keepers)

2018

Kristoffer Nyholm

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells, Søren Malling ...

5.4

3,973

Thriller. Mystery Inspired by the Flannan Isle mystery. A small relief boat approaches the Isle, a tiny isolated island no bigger than a football pitch, 20 miles off a rugged coast. Its aim is to routinely replace the three lighthouse keepers, after 6 weeks alone manning the light. It nears the dock and none of the men greet them. The winch is broken. A call. Nothing. Experienced keepers Thomas, James and Donald have vanished. The lamps are clean and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Attractively rugged (...) [it] fails on an elemental level: After seeing it, you’ll probably think you could still imagine a more memorable explanation for that lingering mystery than what these filmmakers came up with.
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Fine performances and eerie atmospherics enhance this slow burner."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"While Jorgen Johansson's windswept photography creates a credible sense of isolation, we sense the ominous rhythms of impending calamity.
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"An old, old story, and Nyholm and his excellent cast don’t exactly make it new. But they do tell it well. And on such a splendid set.
		Henry Stewart Slant	"[It] seems truly troubled by its action violence in a way that many similar thrillers aren't (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"A surprising intimacy arises from the violence in particular (...) The story's drab atmosphere, and its thorough desperation for austerity, leads to a lack of texture (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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