Last Seen Alive (2022) User Reviews

Straight forward plot, but still an enjoyable movie...

[paul_haakonsen · 6/10 · 4 June 2022]

Well, while the 2022 crime thriller "Last Seen Alive" is hardly rocket science or a movie that particularly revolutionized the genre, then it was actually still rather enjoyable.

Sure, "Last Seen Alive" was pretty generic and straight forward, even for a movie of this genre. But writer Marc Frydman still managed to churn out a storyline and script that was interesting, enjoyable and entertaining in the good old fashioned way that a movie should be entertaining.

No secret about the fact that I sat down to watch "Last Seen Alive" because it had Gerard Butler on the cast list, and yeah he did carry the movie rather well with his performance. I will say that his performance was actually one that showed realism and a human touch to it, making it all the more realistic.

This wasn't a movie that bolstered a lot of high profile actors and actresses. But the movie does manage to show that you don't need actors and actresses paid laughably-insane-amounts of money per movie to be an enjoyable one. The actors and actresses in this movie all put on good and realistic performances, carrying the movie rather nicely.

If you enjoy crime thrillers then "Last Seen Alive" is worth taking the time to watch. I was actually genuinely entertained by the movie from start to end.

My rating of director Brian Goodman's "Last Seen Alive" lands on a six out of ten stars.

Low-Budget Butler?

[gab-67599 · 6/10 · 5 June 2022]

The way this movie was shot felt low-budget. Not that it was not entertaining, it was but it just felt like a b- movie. Gerard is always at his best and he was a bad-ass in this movie. Everyone else their acting felt a bit forced except for the wife she was good. Do not expect magic going into this movie but it was at least half good, so there was that I guess. Good for a one time watch, I hope Butler steps up his game and works with a REAL director next time. He is WAY too good for a movie like this!

Been done before and been done better

[jonsid57 · 5/10 · 20 May 2022]

Average thriller about a man whose wife disappears at a gas station and he starts looking for her . The film is a bit similar to Taken , Gone Girl , The Vanishing and Breakdown. Sadly it's not as good as any or them . Gerard Butler is okay as the husband in search of his missing wife. (who isn't a likeable character) Luckily the film isn't too long ., The film didn't get much publicity and I can see why.,

Entertaining thriller

[TreasureHunterGirl · 7/10 · 23 May 2022]

I love these movies that Gerard Butler makes now. I'm never gonna complain about him running around kicking butt and being the hero of the piece.

I loved the pacing in this one. After all the excessively long movies being released lately it was nice to see a 90 minute movie at the cinema. It felt like it just flew by. Plenty of action and tension which meant it never dragged or had any unnecessary scenes.

The sound and score were also fantastic. It's worth seeing at the movies just for that.

I just really like movies that know their movies, and Last Seen Alive definitely fits into that category.

It's an easy, enjoyable watch which does exactly what a movie is supposed to do: it entertains.

An unexceptional but taut & engaging enough thriller - that delivers what it sets out to (but no more)

[danieljfarthing · 7/10 · 6 August 2022]

In "Last Seen Alive" grizzly Gerrard Butler is dropping mis-matched wife Jamie Alexander at her parents' home for a break from each other, when they stop for petrol... and she disappears. As Butler frantically searches for her the plot veers to kidnap, a seedy remote meth lab farm, cop Russell Hornsby, hillbilly baddies like Ethan Embry & Michael Irby, and a fair amount of punch-ups, shootings & explosions. Those expecting twists or complexity may be disappointed, but director Brian Goodman & writer Marc Frydman deliver a taut & engaging enough thriller that's thankfully not as dumb & bloated as so many others. For what it is, it delivers ok. Fair dinkum.

Wow, talk about low quality writing!!!

[fridayblues · 4/10 · 6 June 2022]

OMG!!! The writers of this movie must have failed script writing class badly! The dialogues are terrible! Some of the stuff the actors are saying either makes no sense and/or are cringy as hell! I get that compared to the normal movies that Gerald Butler usually did, this is pretty low-budget but holy hell, the script for this is so bad! This is especially apparent with Jamie's character's parents, the dialogues that came out from the mouth of those two are so stupid and on top of that, neither one can act to save their lives!!! My god, did Gerald needed a paycheck that bad?

Wasn't so bad

[jindann · 6/10 · 4 June 2022]

Pretty standard kidnapping movie, which was kind of like a rough version of taken. The acting and thrill was rather decent, the plot however was a bit lacking as the story is a bit short well as the ending is a little let down. One cgi scene was terrible that looked like it was done by students. It should deserve a better rating if it had ended with better twist and intensity, 5.7 is a little underrated this movie deserves a 6.

A Day in the Life of...

[Xstal · 4/10 · 3 June 2022]

Frantically chasing a lost wife who's disappeared, poor old Will can't make his mind up if he's Scottish or just weird, you'll soon come to realise that this is just a cunning ploy, to irritate, provoke and needle, even to annoy.

Love a bit of Butler at his best, sadly, on this occasion, it isn't the case.

She needed a break, and she gets a break.

[xxxxxdarkmoon · 7/10 · 4 June 2022]

The message of the movie is: beautiful women are hard to understand at times.

The story is not spectacular, but it totally gets the job done to generate nonstop tension. There is not a single boring minute in that movie.

Good actors, and screenplay. All in all a very entertaining thriller.

Last Seen Alive

[Prismark10 · 4/10 · 8 June 2022]

Taken, The Vanishing, Frantic and Breakdown are inspirations for Gerard Butler witless underpowered action thriller.

Will Spann (Butler) is a property developer who has hit a rough patch in his marriage with wife Lisa.

While taking to her parents house, he stops at a gas station and she disappears, believed to be abducted while Will was talking to someone on the phone.

The police led by Detective Paterson (Russell Hornsby) is sceptical of Will at first and so are her parents.

Will decides to conduct his own search, his way. One lead is a CCTV image of someone his wife might have been familiar with.

The picture opens with a flashforward that robs the movie of suspense. The movie has too many plot holes and absurd situations.

Butler plays an everyman who has to descend into violence in order to find his wife. It is Hornsby who comes off best.

Fast-Paced Action & Slick Screenplay

[lavatch · 8/10 · 15 July 2022]

During a routine stop for gas, Will Spann is filling up the tank while his wife Lisa goes into the convenience store to buy water. But she never returns to the car. "Last Seen Alive" tells the story of Will's desperate search for his missing wife.

From the outset, it appears that Lisa has been kidnapped. But the rocky state of the marriage of Will and Lisa raises suspicion for Detective Paterson. The detective is one of the most intriguing characters in the film because of his clear thinking and efficiency. It was a foolish decision on the part of Will to turn vigilante and not inform the detective about the clues he was discovering.

An unsavory group of characters unfolded around the seedy character of "Knuckles," whose connection with a drug kingpin named Frank holds the key to understanding what happened to Lisa. The film is sustained by the charismatic performance of Gerard Butler in the role of Will.

In the role of Lisa, Jaime Alexander did not have much screen time. But the flashback scenes offered a portrait of an adulterous wife who, after the affair, demanded a break in her marriage in order to have some "space." The accommodating husband Will was dropping her off with her parents at the time of the kidnapping.

From the outset, Will becomes crazed and will stop at nothing to find his wife. The parallel scenes with Detective Patterson worked in tandem with Will's discovery of Frank's drug compound in the forest. The use of the hand-held camera was effective as Will meanders through the compound.

This was a well-crafted and suspenseful film with solid cast headed by Butler. A thoughtful denouement gave shared screen time with the detective and Will Spann, who were duplicating their efforts in the cause of justice.

Basic but effective thriller

[omendata · 6/10 · 24 May 2022]

Ok so this is obviously a total ripoff of the superlative film The Vanishing (1993) with Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock which is one of my all time favourite thrillers so this is obviously never going to compete.

The story is very basic and I was hoping for a true to life ending but no they had to go and give us the usual Hollywood ending instead of brutal reality.

The film is mainly carried on the shoulders of Gerard Butler and the excellent Russell Hornsby as without them it would have just fallen into the category of a Lifetime Wet Sunday afternoon movie. Even so it is as basic as a plot can get but with good acting and some decent direction it lifts it above your usual mundane thriller so gets an above average 6/10.

Too poor copy of Kurt Russel's movie "Breakdown"

[sonerayanlar · 3/10 · 3 June 2022]

Too shame!! Well I like Gerard Buttler and also co star Jamie Alexander could have done a lot better than this too cheap movie with the scripts and scenerio and unfortunately very bad disapointing acting too. Don't waste your time.

Decent film for a quiet night

[rchevalier-37303 · 6/10 · 4 June 2022]

Gerard Butler is quite good. His real accent slips out and it makes him more real. He's also not mr super warrior which is unusual and pleasant. Jaimie Alexander is hardly in the film and that's ok because the character is tiresome. The detective is well played but the rest of the supporting cast are really just there.

Cinematography is ok. It drags at the start and so feels much longer than it actually is which is not a good thing. My biggest frustration is the colour work which is very greenish and flat. Personally I find it off putting.

I would have liked it more with different LUTS and more of Butler's actual accent.

Good tension building towards the end, worth a watch.

[deloudelouvain · 7/10 · 26 June 2022]

I agree that this kind of stories have been done before, and better, but it was still good enough to entertain me without getting boring. It's a slow start movie but the tension builds up what keeps you interested. The end was actually the best part of the movie, when the suspense was at its highest. The acting wasn't bad at all but we've all seen better, and that was also the case with Gerard Butler who played the main character. I've seen better movies with him but overal it's a plot that suits him. Last Seen Alive is certainly worth a watch, just don't have too high of expectations.

Meh, meh, meh

[jeppepalmari · 3/10 · 6 June 2022]

Everyone needs to pay their bills, I get that. However this would've been a straight to VHS flick even in the 90's. Why do these bigger stars sign on to these?

I'm just a bit sad to see so many of these aging actors that I've truly enjoyed on the big screen now do stuff that basically could've been an above average high school project.

I enjoyed it

[rossettoart · 7/10 · 19 July 2022]

Pretty much what I imagined and hoped based on the description. Gerard shows heart and grit. . Overall worthwhile. I took the time to write this so someone gives it the chance it deserves.

Not that great

[Innacana · 2/10 · 18 June 2022]

What a stupid movie, with lots of plot holes. When your wife goes missing and police is already helping you, you don't go rambo for nothing if you are just a regular person. I find following issues with the movie:

• Why did the husband lie to the police when he was stopped for speeding? He could have just told the police that his wife is missing and he was looking
• Why did he ran off? He could have just handled it better
• Why didn't he go and tell police when he found the drug lab?

• Why didn't the bad guys eliminate him when they knew that he was looking for his wife and trailing?

• There were so many redflags for the husband, too for the kidnapping. Why didn't police checked his background?

I could list on and on but this movie is just a super waste of time and money.

Feel-good movie of the year! Gerard Butler Always Delivers

[AlienLover3000 · 7/10 · 4 June 2022]

Butler's performance is as good as his performance in Law Abiding Citizen. He gives his 100% regardless of the quality of the script.

I enjoyed every scene of him bashing bad guys to a pulp.

Overall, if you're a fan of Butler and this style of movie, then this is a must-see.

There are two things I've learned in life when it comes to kidnappings:

1. Don't mess with Liam Neeson.

2. Don't mess with Gerard Butler.

If you can remember those two universal truths, you will live a long, healthy life.

Horrible writing

[douros77 · 2/10 · 12 June 2022]

Gerard is the only reason I gave a 2. How hard and expensive would it have been for the writers to do a little research on standard LE procedure? Terrible plot and writing, subpar acting and inaccurate depiction of LE. I would've been fine never having seen this movie.

I liked it

[jasonaaldridge · 9/10 · 9 July 2022]

I thought it was a good movie. People here are so fussy. Gee what do you expect in a movie.

Too many know it alls here.

The movies had suspense and thread nothing wiring with the acting.

Non-stop suspense

[coleektorrd · 6/10 · 3 June 2022]

Sure it's been done before with Different Twists. But the formula works.

Who could ask for anything more then a movie that engages you throughout.

I can't think of any movie that I've seen with Butler in it where he's in a relationship where the relationship isn't either troubled or it's cut short by one of them dying. He's in one here. Not saying which. Watch and be entertained.

entertaining mystery thriller that remains somewhat predictable thanks to the lesser writing.

[movieman6-413-929510 · 5/10 · 14 May 2022]

Last Seen Alive is a new mystery thriller directed by Brian Goodman, director of Black Butterfly and What Doesn't Kill You. The film is about Will Spann (Gerard Butler), who travels with his wife Lisa (Jamie Alexander) to his in-laws. Their relationship is on the rocks and they try to work on it before they get divorced.

When the two stop at a gas station along the way, Lisa suddenly gets lost. Will enlists the help of the police and informs Lisa of what happened to her parents. Because Will thinks the police is taking too long, he decides to investigate himself. Thanks to his rebellious actions during his own investigation, Will is increasingly appearing as a suspect to the police and Lisa's parents. To prove his innocence, he must find Lisa before he ends up in jail himself. With this film they try to make an entertaining mystery thriller as a kind of mix between the films Taken and Gone Girl. This film unfortunately has a lesser level thanks to the story of the film. The story was written by Marc Frydman and this is only his second writing work for a film. This is unfortunately reflected in the quality of the story in certain situations in the film. The film starts with a prologue that already gives the viewer too much information, so that you can quickly get ahead of the story and the mysterious sides are somewhat lost. Because of the script, the main character sometimes comes across as a bit stupid because of separate impatient decisions he makes, which only get him into more trouble. With a better scripted script, the movie could have been more entertaining. The visual effects are decent in the movie. Most of the blood from wounds comes across as believable, but with larger effects such as explosions it is clearly visible that these have been placed in the film with CGI. Because of this lower quality you are sometimes taken out of the film. Gerard Butler knows how to deliver good acting as the lead role of the film, but thanks to the script he sometimes comes across as a bit too exaggerated. Because she disappears early in the film, Jamie Alexander has little time to work with me in the film. Russell Hornsby also comes across as a standard cop trying to help Will find his wife, but Will's rebellious sides sometimes make them work against each other.

I thought this was going to be a flop starring Jerry Butler, but I was wrong.

[rcr-37510 · 7/10 · 4 June 2022]

And I'm glad that I was wrong. I like him as an actor but he always seems to land in weird/unsuitable roles. Here he does fairly well at a Liam Neeson sort of part. Some dialog delivery makes you crack a smile due to his thick accent but in a lovable way.

The movie starts out a bit clunky but stick with it because when it gets going, it REALLY gets going. One thing it did very well was the building of tension and keeping it there. I couldn't stop watching. I needed to see what happens next.

The score was also excellent for the situations and drove the tension even higher.

You'll kind of feel like you're watching Taken for the 1st time again which I mean as a compliment. Similar kind of setup but not a copy. Rather, in the same category, perhaps. You get that same edge-of-your-seat emotional high from it.

The acting was great altogether from the cast. This was a fulfilling movie experience. Pure entertainment. Also, nothing in the way of politics or politically correct stuff which we're all sick of. It's just a gripping film that you can sit back and go along for the ride. That's a rarity these days.

Watch it. There's not much to complain about.

Moral Of The Story...

[brtnbd · 7/10 · 3 October 2022]

Moral of the story, risk everything maybe then your cheating, head case of a wife won't leave you... even if you're a successful faithful sweet husband who is understanding even though you cheated on him.

I think there's deeper meaning in the movie that a lot of people might miss. Gerard Butler was good in it. Played the part right, a husband not wanting to lose his wife because he loves her. Goes to the end of earth to try to find her. Also let's you look into the life of someone being emotionally abused. His wife goes back and forth with him in their relationship. She loves him one minute and then the next needs a break. She can't give him any reason why she needs a break other than she "feels nothing." He accepts that she cheated on him and took her back only to mess with his emotions again by needing another break. I felt like him needing to find her was his way of trying to show her how much he loves her and maybe then if she sees all that he went through she would love him back.