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5.2

Not Forgotten

R·2009·100m

Thriller

Horror

Thriller

Horror

Summary

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino mysticism, where the line between what's real and what's imagined becomes hopelessly blurred.

Cast

Simon Baker

Jack Bishop

Paz Vega

Amaya Bishop

Michael DeLorenzo

Casper Navarro

Chloë Grace Moretz

Toby Bishop

Ken Davitian

Father Salinas

Claire Forlani

Katie

Gedde Watanabe

Agent Nakamura

Mark Rolston

Agent Wilson

Melinda Page Hamilton

Deputy Mindy

Benito Martinez

Detective Sanchez

Virginia Pereira

Karen De La Rosa

Daniel Escobar

Hector

Zahn McClarnon

Calvo

Lorri Oliver

Mary Alice

Kevin Wiggins

Deputy Simpson

Greg Serano

Deputy Valdez

Arron Shiver

Deputy Pratt

Jim Meskimen

Redd Holden

Carlos A. Cabarcas

Deputy Gomez

Henry Jacobson

Roy

Brandon Santos

Father Romero

Julia Vera

Doña

Veronica Falcón

Reina

Gina Morett

Josephina

Kisha Sierra

Lumi

Carmen Gloria Pérez

Carolina

Greg Safel

Canta

Carmen Serrano

Irena

Trina Siopy

Lourdes

Laurence Chavez

Amaya's Father

Amber Midthunder

Young Amaya

Rachel Quinn

Beatriz

Tomas Sanchez

Crowd Man #1

Jack Burning

TV Worshiper

Candice Costello

Sister #1

Dunia Alexandra

Heavyset Whore

Adriana Paz

Pregnant Maid

Isaac Kappy

Stoner Dude

Elena Lyons

Newscaster

Tamra Meskimen

Bored Waitress

Lillian Hurst

Hotel Manager

Andrea Good

Women on bus

Michael-David Aragon

FBI Agent #3

Danielle Brown

Heavyset Whore

Tyler Cross

Jack Look-Alike Transvestite

John H. Euber

Reporter

Rich Gill

Bartender

Jamie Haqqani

FBI Agent #1

Carlton Liggins

FBI Agent

Lou Pacheco

Hector Consuelo

Malcolm Ullery

Deputy M. S. Claire

Lydia Zazueta

Waitress

Jack Brunacini Jr.

FBI Agent #2

Tom LaSalle

Card Player

Casey Wayne

FBI agent

Crew

Director, Writer

Dror Soref

Writer

Tomás Romero

Reviews

Wuchak

March 4, 2025

**_Dealing with a death-worshipping, revenge-seeking Mexican cult_**

After his 11 years-old daughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) goes missing near the Texas border, an American man (Simon Baker) ventures deep into the sleazy side of Mexico to find her, with many secrets revealed in the process. Paz Vega is on hand as his wife.

“Not Forgotten” (2009) is basically a mixture of “The Flock” and “Borderland,” both worthwhile films from two years earlier. While it starts well enough, the second half unfortunately bogs down into a tedious, repellent, ludicrous mess. Did I mention ludicrous? The revelations are laughable.

I’m not a big fan of Martin Sheen’s “Believers,” but it’s a masterpiece compared to this. I suppose it’s better than the shockingly bad “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” but that’s not saying much. At least there’s a certain artistry to the off-putting proceedings.

It runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in two regions: In the USA, it was filmed in Santa Fe & Las Vegas in the heart of New Mexico; in Mexico, it was shot in Mexico City and Pachuca, the latter being a 1.5 hour drive northeast of the big city.

GRADE: D+