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Title: Cleansed version of The Searchers...
Review: At the end of the 19th century Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a rural doctor in the state of New Mexico, has to face the return of her unwanted father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones). Samuel who ran off with a Native American woman now has to face the music as he is rejected by his own daughter that he abandoned years ago. Maggie is forced to seek Samuel's help as one of her daughters is kidnapped by an evil medicine man to be sold in Mexico. Reunited the family struggles to find a way to get Maggie's daughter back. The Missing has beautiful cinematography and a strong performance by the cast. However, the story fails to connect with the audience as the disturbing elements of the story seem cleansed from indecent material. This leaves the audience with an awkward cinematic experience as the true rudimentary element of the story has been removed.
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