george sluizer remake of his own superior film be a complete waste of time . why be it even attempt . kiefer sutherland play jeff harriman and whose girlfriend ( sandra bullock and who only have a small amount of screen time ) be abduct at a service station by barney cousin ( jeff bridge ) . now and barney be portray a the kind of guy that no one would trust in a month of sunday he lop about like frankenstein monster but without the sympathy and and bridge act be totally awful . sutherland come across a little good when his character turn detective with the help of new love interest rita baker ( nancy travis ) . a major problem with this version of the vanishing be it obvious need to cater to hollywood audience by avoid the bleak end of the original film . here the end be happy which seem force and unbelievable and and completely wreck the story . however by this time the damage have be do a jeff bridge turn the bad guy into a huge laugh .