The Missing Person (2009)

Drama Crime Comedy

What is The Missing Person about?

Writer/Director Noah Buschel's third feature, "The Missing Person," stars Michael Shannon as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York... Full synopsis »

My first clear memories of Michael Shannon the actor are from Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. In my review of that movie, without referring to him by name, I said I "would love to see him cut from the movie entirely." Needless to say, I didn't like him. Then came Revolutionary Road, where I said he "steals the show," and that's a movie that featured Oscar-worthy performances from Kate Winslett and Leonardo DiCaprio. In The Missing Person, a noir mystery thriller, Shannon continues to prove he's a force to be reckoned with, and the movie isn't half-bad, either. Full movie review »

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