disappearance be about a couple who take their family on vacation in new mexico and find themselves in deep trouble after take a detour off the main highway to visit a town that be seemingly abandon in 1948 for unknown reason . the town of weaver seem harmless at first and have tourist appeal until the family be strand there overnight and they begin to have good reason to suspect that others have experience their same predicament with fatal outcome . the henleys watch a blair witch project esquire video diary leave by the town last victim and which ironically demonstrate the best performance of anyone in this movie . although hamlin and dey performance be much good than the support cast and their emotional affect seem flat to me throughout the movie . disappearance have appeal for most of the movie a there be much suspense and good direction . however and the plot take unexpected and implausible turn that seemingly make no sense . bad yet it that there really be no understanding of what exactly be go on in the movie and which make the bizarre end less tolerable . it appear to me that the movie maker be so focused on make a stream of suspenseful scene and that they throw away all the element of good story make represent plot development and gradual explanation of theme and symbol that lead to a cohesive solution or outcome . the most difficult aspect of the movie for me be that the first three quarter of it be spend build up tension and curiosity about certain aspect of the plot that be then suddenly dispose of a if we do not deserve an explanation represent what be the significance of the indian symbol on the wall . what happen to the original people of weaver . what be the connection with the people at the dinner . what do the sheriff know . what do the miss boy discover if anything . this be and i believe and a bad move and since it engender some resentment . i have invest quite a bit of brainpower into hypothesize some plausible explanation for some of these plot turn and strange event and only to have the movie maker simply end it without give an answer to any of these thing . these be some nice cliffhanger for the end of a miniseries that be about to pickup again next week and but a totally frustrating and inappropriate end for a stand alone movie .