a review of 网络谜踪

OK, I'm going to resort to a simple pros and cons enumeration for this one... Pros: • Original concept: telling the story using nothing but digital media, such as live feeds, search engines, social media, chat windows, camera recordings, audio recordings and more. • I loved the part where suddenly lots of people claimed to know the missing girl, were publicly accusing the father, or were making inappropriate jokes about the tragedy, once the news went public. It effectively reflected the dark side of digital media. Cons: • It all felt too contrived, particularly the last part. • Some of the acting was not really convincing. • I hate it when scenes emphasize things that are already obvious enough if you paid a little attention, like putting photos next to each other to emphasize it's the same person you've seen earlier in the film. In conclusion, I think Searching was an interesting albeit flawed experiment in using various digital media as the main vehicle to tell a story.