disappearance be set in the mojave desert a jim ( harry hamlin ) and patty henley ( susan dey ) plus their two kid katie ( basia ahern ) and matt ( jeremey lelliott ) along with ethan ( jamie croft ) a friend of the family be travel along and they stop at a roadside diner and ask about an old deserted mining town on the map call weaver . no one claim to have heard of it but it definitely there and the family decide to take a detour in order to check it out and take some picture . once at the town they take some picture and have a look around but when it come time to leave their car would not start and they have to spend the night there . while look around they find a camcorder videotape which they play only to discover footage of a scared woman say all her friend have disappear and the next morning and their car have disappear a thing take a very sinister turn . what be weaver secret . will the henley ever leave there alive . write and co executive produce and direct by walter klenhard i have to say that disappearance be one of the most frustrating film i have ever watch . for the first 85 minute it be a pretty good mysterious mix of thriller and horror film but then we be treat to one of the single worst ending ever in motion picture history . the script suggest lot of different thing but never elaborate or confirms and i be sit there genuinely intrigue about what be go on and from the family car mysterious disappearing and the four recent graf and the thing in the abandon mine and the supernatural sandstorm and the sudden and unexplained disappearance of ethan and his just a unexplained reappearance and the sheriff sinister motif and the compass in the car go crazy and the crashed plane and the townspeople deny weaver exist and the possible side effect of a neutron bomb be drop near weaver in the 40 but they be all toss out of the window and for all we know could have be totally separate random event . everything be come along nicely and be set up for a big twist revelation but none be forthcoming and instead i be treat to the most ambiguous and strange and surreal and downright frustrate end possible . if nothing else the end contradicts much of what have go before and leave the viewer with more question than answer . it almost a if the maker have these great idea but then do not know what to do with them and just make the end up on the spot . i just felt i put so much effort into watch the film which can be pretty slow at time without any sort of reward and in fact the end felt more like a kick in the teeth or a good two finger salute . director klenhard do a reasonable job here and the old ghost town have a certain atmosphere and the large expansive desert location give a good sense of isolation . it well make but what be they think with that end . nothing fit and nothing make sense and it just a huge frustrating mess that after sit through the thing for nearly an hour and a half leave you confuse and want to know more . despite be a horror film there no blood or gore although there be one or two creepy moment here and there . the film actually remind of the hill have eye ( 2006 ) remake for large part a that be what the film be set up to be before a bizarre end which do nothing to bring any closure to the film . technically the film be good with high production value and good special effect and set and location and cinematography . set in america but film in south australia . the acting be fine from a decent cast . disappearance be a really odd film and for a long time it shape up to be a neat little horror mystery thriller but it never explain anything which happen and the truly surreal end just throw up more question than answer . i really can not see anyone make head nor tail of this and i really can not .