Gerard Butler just delivered one of his rawest, most gripping performances yet. In Last Seen Alive, he’s Will Spann: a regular guy whose marriage is hanging by a thread, until his wife Lisa (Jaimie Alexander) disappears from a gas-station pump in broad daylight. What starts as a frantic phone call to 911 spirals into a one-man war against time, small-town secrets, and his own guilt. Butler plays it perfectly: stoic on the surface, but every clenched jaw and cracked voice leaks the panic and rage of a man realizing he might lose the one thing he still loves.

No super-spy gadgets, no quips—just a desperate husband bulldozing through crooked cops, meth-lab psychos, and dead-end leads in a dusty nowhere town. The action is brutal and grounded: car chases down backroads, fistfights in trailer parks, and a final showdown that feels earned, not flashy. Alexander is heartbreaking in her limited screen time, making you feel the weight of every unsaid apology between them.

It’s not reinventing the genre, but when Butler’s Will finally snaps and goes full scorched-earth to get her back, you’ll be right there with him—heart pounding, knuckles white. Lean, mean, and emotionally honest. This is Butler reminding everyone why he’s still one of the best in the game.

Don’t sleep on this one.

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