I'm not sure what Cho Sung-kyu's Missing 2 shares in common with Kim Sung-hong's Missing. The two movies have different directors, different writing teams, and — from what I can tell — entirely different casts. There's not even a repeat of the plot which last time concerned a serial killer who chained up his female victims and made them act like dogs. Instead, this "sequel" finds everyone playing the murderer: the corrupt police detective (Lee Won-jong) who's come to claim some unlawfully acquired money from his doublecrossing partner at a secluded cabin; a pretty boy actor (Seo Jun-Young) who's resentful of his manipulative agent (Kim Hye-na) and desperate for his big break; and an unemployed hiker (Hahm Eun-jung) whose storing incriminating evidence in her spotless pink backpack. The good guy, if you've got to have one, is a bespectacled goof (Bae Ho-geun) who's giving off serious stalker vibes.
So with all these killers on the loose is Missing 2 the least bit scary? Not one bit. You'll see people wielding knives, scythes, golfclubs, pistols, and treelimbs; you'll see heads slammed, ankles caught in bear traps, and people choked with bare hands. None of it registers. To the contrary, Missing 2 — like one of its characters — is life on celluloid when you're sitting around waiting for something better to happen. Cigarette, anyone? Got a match?
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