A very entertaining story about the most extreme yet realistic notion of what could have happened to the three lighthouse keepers from the Fannin Isle Mystery. In real life, it's no mystery: a hurricane pounded the isle so hard it twisted the metal railing out of shape and a boulder that weighed a ton was moved. The table was set for a dinner that was never served. The inspector from December 1900 reasonably and with evidence concluded that two keepers went out to tie down a piece of equipment (one was previously fined a lot of money his family couldn't afford) and were either blown off the cliff or washed off with a large wave; the third keeper went out to help and was also removed via storm. These isles are off Scotland, and I can assure you, we Celtic folk aren't satiated by some boring storm. It's got to have a massive ocean beast and some kind of faery. This story is so much more mainstream as to be palatable to Americans, and I enjoyed the fun they had with the facts of the case. I thought running with the mercury poisoning was a good touch, and flat out laughed and rolled my eyes at Gerard Butler and his antics for an ending. I enjoyed the actors' performances and I enjoyed the complete deviation from history to just have an entertaining story that might get you talking about what you would do on an island like that. Who doesn't love a good island story for a moral dilemma?
Review of The Vanishing
