Finally, Dominic West fills-in as the hunky, reluctant hero, ex-New York Ranger Ash Corell, who gradually sides with Telly and comes to believe he had a daughter (after calling the cops because he thinks she might be stark-raving loony-tunes) he had forgotten.

Telly and Ash set out to uncover the mystery of their forgotten children and forgotten lives, while dodging NSA agents, mysterious men, tell-tale winds and the unforgiving light of a blue camera lens. Occasionally, the director switches to a flattering orange lens for Telly's memories of her son, Sam, which often see her from the other side of a chain link fence and, between the laughing children in the playground flashbacks and the fence memories, seem surprisingly Terminator-like.

Don't worry, I haven't given anything away. There are no robots from the future in this movie, the twist is even more ridiculous than that.

At least Terminator was a defining film of it's genre. It had consistent action and likable heroes. This movie is just rehashing, unoriginal, borrowed drivel. The writers couldn't even come up with original names: Telly Paretta, neighbor Eliot, Ash Corell, Al Petalis, Sheriff Howell...it's like they were obsessed with "L" names.

The Forgotten is just another "twist" movie. See it if you want, but you'll wish you could forget it right after.

grade: C