This is the original version of "The Vanishing," with the American re-make coming out six years later than this film did.
This version - the original - is considered to be, by far, the better of the two by almost all critics. Having seen both versions, I agree but not as strongly because I don't think this film is all that good, either, at least not as good as I was led to believe.
Instead of a kidnapping-crime story, this was more of a character study of two people: a man obsessed with finding his abducted girlfriend, and a deranged killer, the man who took her. That "study" made this different from the other film and from a lot of crime movies to begin with. The ending here also made this a bit different.
Summary: it's okay, but not anywhere as good as you might be led to believe, but I would still recommend it. I saw it twice.
This version - the original - is considered to be, by far, the better of the two by almost all critics. Having seen both versions, I agree but not as strongly because I don't think this film is all that good, either, at least not as good as I was led to believe.
Instead of a kidnapping-crime story, this was more of a character study of two people: a man obsessed with finding his abducted girlfriend, and a deranged killer, the man who took her. That "study" made this different from the other film and from a lot of crime movies to begin with. The ending here also made this a bit different.
Summary: it's okay, but not anywhere as good as you might be led to believe, but I would still recommend it. I saw it twice.