Last Known Location

A very unusual movie and tricky to review. The script reads like it should fit in the "torture porn" genre -- a strangely popular film theme in 2024 -- but no, it doesn't. On diggimg deeper, we realize that is because the script was written by one of the three female leads. Which is also unusual. It is clearly a low-budget indie, yet it runs for almost two hours, a length usually reserved for Hollywood blockbusters. Unusual. For most of its run-length, it can't seem to decide if it wants to be a police procedural, or a character study of women in jeopardy. Because of this indecision, it ultimately fails at both. Yet the production values are excellent and it does hold the attention. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

I had zero expectations when I watched this little Indy film. I have a strong appreciation for horror & suspense films, but I hate over the top torture films.

I was so glad this wasn't that. The story follows a few woman that are kidnapped and chained together in a house. There is a lot of suspense and psychological tensions throughout the film. The acting is solid and the production value is strong.

A lot of the film is shot in Philly and I found the story line to be very original. So many films if they aren't fast and furious for most of the film, fall off the radar and people don't give them a chance. This film really needs to be viewed from start to finish to appreciate it.

In Philadelphia, the lesbian English tutor Callie Holloway (Aimee Theresa) is kidnapped while jogging, locked in the basement of a house and forced to have intercourses with the abductor. A couple of months later, the psychologist Danay Edwards (Sophia Lucia Parola) is also kidnapped by the same man and forced to the same conditions as Callie. Philadelphia PD Detectives Theresa Dellassandro (Jamie Kerezsi) and Marcus Bridgeman (Dax Richardson) are investigating the cases and trying to find anything in common. When the bartender Marly Collum (Jennifer M. Kay) is also kidnapped by the man while going home, her new boyfriend Keith Bradberry (Patrick Hickman) reports her disappearance to the police and is interviewed by Dellassandro and Bridgeman that believe he may be a suspect. But soon a parking ticket provides a clue to be followed by them. Meanwhile, the women are raped every day by the maniac.

"Last Known Location" (2024) is a surprisingly great thriller not available in Brazil. The screenplay is tense and anguishing, with the three women submitted to humiliating conditions and abuses. The plot point is not expected and shows how insane the brothers were. The conclusion with a happy ending is unusual, but refreshing, in this type of story. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): Not Available.

What a suspenseful treat. Any negative can pretty much be attributed to the budget they had to work with. There were lots of surprises that kept you wary as a viewer right up to the very end.... Just great movie making here. The director had very creative angles, making you feel like you were right there with them feeling the anxiety. Plus it wasn't needlessly filthy like so many producers seem to aim for....shock value which is such a cheap way of getting someone's viewing attention. None of that here. The guy playing the villain was also the director so double talent there. When watching really try not to interrupt your viewing as it will dilute the plot intensity.

The idea and premise around this movie was good. There was some excellent character development and realistic story writing regarding a very difficult subject matter.

Some parts were a little bit unrealistic when it came to dialog and some of the character relationships which made the movie seem a bit amateur.

I do like how the director did not tip toe around to what is likely to happen when women are held captive in some basement of a sicko.

It would have been nice to give a little more character development around the antagonist or perhaps provide a little more of a backstory to why he became a monster.

All in all this is like a lower quality but better written Lifetime movie.