Amanda Seyfried headlines Gone, a thriller written by Allison Burnette (Underworld Awakening). I’m still undecided as to what I make of this. It seems to have quite a few things in common with Silence of the Lambs, not to mention any number of slasher/teen horror flicks. For that matter, I’m still undecided what to make of Seyfried. How long is she planning to get by on ‘wide-eyed innocence’?

“Jill Parrish (Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister.”

The whole thing just seems like a straight to video B-Movie. Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with that… While the supporting cast does have some talented actors in it, including Wes Bentley (who needs to work more), Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Sunjata ("Rescue Me"), and Joel David Moore (Avatar) , there aren’t any names that can open or carry a movie. I’m not sure Seyfried can either. She had the likes of Gary Oldman and Julie Christie behind her in Red Riding Hood (neither of whom were enough to save it) and In Time was Justin Timberlake’s movie, but here she’s the star. Gone is the English language debut of Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia (2009’s Adrift) and arrives in theaters  February 24 in the US and 2^nd March the UK.

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