Subj : The Mother is still Netflix's top movie, but a new thriller at nu
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu May 25 2023 13:30:03

The Mother is still Netflix's top movie, but a new thriller at number 6 is 
the one to watch

Date:
Thu, 25 May 2023 12:19:29 +0000

Description:
Missing is a knockout thriller youll definitely want to watch  and its 
currently number six in Netflixs Top 10 movies.

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After a Netflix movie with real thrills? While Jennifer Lopez action film 
Mother is still at the number one slot in Netflixs most-viewed films this 
week, theres another thriller lower down the list that really is worth two 
hours of your time: Missing . 

 Missing is a 2023 screenlife movie  one that takes place entirely on the 
screen of computers or phones. That means the action is mediated through 
video calls, webcams, the Mac desktop, home security cameras, and Google tabs 
as the technology we use to navigate our lives becomes the connecting thread 
between a twisting and turning plot. And it's an absolutely cracking thriller 
as well being an inventive way of making a movie. 

Its a spiritual sequel to 2018s Searching , which uses the exact same "all on 
the screen" conceit, and in which John Cho ( Star Trek ) tries to find his 
teenage daughter whos gone missing unexpectedly. Missing , however, flips the 
script, putting a daughter in charge of finding her mother, but with the 
latest and smartest online tools at her disposal. 

It stars Storm Reid in the lead role, who you may recognise from either 
Euphoria , or HBOs The Last of Us , in which she plays Ellies love interest 
Riley  suffice to say shes popping up a lot on our screens. 

In Missing , things go awry when June (played by Reid) is meant to pick up 
her mother at the airport, after a holiday in Colombia with a new boyfriend, 
but finds she never arrives. 

The unfolding story is a cyber-sleuth mystery, as June attempts to track down 
her mother, and the truth, by hacking email account passwords, making 
FaceTime video calls, and uncovering encrypted messages that unlock some 
seriously excellent twists. 

And it makes use of the technology on-screen really well  some reveals are 
shown to the audience before June notices them, if you know how certain 
aspects of macOS or apps work. This isn't some embarrassing 
largely-illiterate techno-thriller of the 90s  it knows exactly what it's 
doing. 

We also love that it actually takes a bit of time to comment on the 
phenomenon of online sleuths/true crime obsessives, making half deductions 
and leaping to wrong conclusions, even while June has no choice but to do the 
same thing. 

 The Mother has more action if that's what you're after, but Missing is such 
as a sharp and interesting movies  and hey, it still has a mother-daughter 
relationship at the heart of it all. Screw it, maybe watch both back to back?



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w-thriller-at-number-6-is-the-one-to-watch


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