Amy Bradley Is Missing

The disappearance of 23-year-old Amy Bradley from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 1998 certainly is a fascinating case, and this 3-part documentary does an ok job of shedding light on the many possible scenarios and explanations. What the creators don't do equally well is finding the right balance between their journalistic codes of ethics and their responsibility to ask critical questions. They go overboard (sic) when they incite Alister "Yellow" Douglas's daughter to confront her own father. In doing so, they were clearly taking advantage of a problematic family situation, and the daughter should have been protected against herself. Conversely, the creators are too lenient with regards to the questions they ask the Bradley family. The saintly picture they get to paint of their daughter in their distraught eternal mourning may not be so accurate. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead, is that it? There are also several important points that are not sufficiently followed up on - not least Amy's camera and shoes...

All in all, a somewhat underwhelming series that doesn't really cover enough ground considering its running time. And of course, no answers are given.

I have been following this case since I came across it in around 2019, and was SO excited when this doc came out. Having watched all the YouTube videos and read all the news articles I have been so intrigued by this case and truly genuinely concerned about what happened to Amy. I am only done the first episode so I will definitely be expanding on this review, but I am just so glad to see this case getting the recognition it deserves. Can't wait to watch the rest. I truly hope some resolution is found for her loved ones after all this time, but I know not to expect that in this intonational doc.

Such a frustrating documentary. So many egregious failures... The spineless twit of a former navy man who Amy approached for help, and who didn't report the incident until years later when he was retired, for fear of getting into trouble. Ugh, you couldn't report it anonymously??

The blonde tourist woman who ran into Amy in obvious danger and distress in a public restroom, and didn't immediately call the police?

Royal Caribbean, who derailed investigation efforts, in an effort to cover themselves.

The captain who forsaked his fundamental duty to protect his passengers.

What is wrong with people??

And then there is our illustrious FBI. Despite multiple credible reports of this woman being sighted in a small geographic area, they didn't send undercover agents to visit the brothels? To walk the streets? They didn't track the IP addresses in Barbados? Despicable and inexcusable. Lazy and incompetent. Your tax dollars at work folks! This shows you how much trouble your government would go to to help you if you were in trouble - virtually none.

Such a frustrating documentary. And all those insisting she went overboard are suffering from cognitive dissonance because they don't want to admit what a widespread problem trafficking is, and that this horror story can happen to literally anyone. Yes, including YOU reading this, or your kids. It's much easier for most to blame the victim than face reality.

So sad and frustrating.

This is an interesting yet sad true story of a young woman who went missing on a cruise ship.

It is in 3 parts.

The events occurred more than 25 years ago.

The family who was together with her on the cruise ship have never stopped grieving and hold out beliefs that she is still alive.

One theory is she went overboard unintentionally or otherwise.

Another theory is that she was taken from the ship and used for sex trafficking.

A spotlight falls on one of the crew members.

There are some witnesses claiming to have seen her after she disappeared.

So what happened and is she still alive or dead?

My own view is: with all the publicity over this case can one really believe that she is still with us?

The family are clinging to the view its' better not to lose hope.... ...so good luck to them....

A well presented production.

7/10.

Like all Netflix documentaries this was a sensationalized overview of what happened to Amy Bradley. Though it does a good job with the basic facts it glosses over questions that are obvious to the viewer in favor of sensationalized "gotcha" interviews.

Amy was a passenger on a cruise ship. The interesting thing is that she went missing from her room. She was seen at 5:30 am by her father on the balcony and then she was gone by 6:00 am. Her shoes were still there and the table was moved close to the railing. The room was tiny with three other people sleeping in it. So there is no chance anyone took her forcibly out of the room.

Over the course of 20+ years a few people have claimed to see Amy. But most are not credible. (ironically Netflix next showed me a documentary on how identifications in criminal cases are wrong). What was most pathetic for me was this documentary highlighting that some guy who runs an Amy Bradley website has someone from Barbados clicking on photos of the family. They treat that as evidence Amy is there clicking... but, in this day and age... never contacting anyone?

It is sadly obvious. Twenty years of disappearance without any contact means dead. They do go into the facts concerning Amy being a lesbian in 1998 and how that could have played into a decision to end her life... but this is Netflix and I am pretty sure they are glossing that over.

If you don't know anything about the case I would watch.