The Disappearance of Willie Bingham

This is a very difficult film to watch. It is not really "entertainment", as one commenter called it. It is a film for mature, concerned, "thinking" audiences, although some adolescents may also find it thought stimulating.

It deals with our horror of certain crimes and our impulse for revenge on the criminal. Does revenge gain anyone anything ? I have thought myself, that a crime, that takes away someone's loved one for the rest of their life, should have some indelible consequences, where the perpetrator should suffer some loss, to always remind him/her of the pain, that his/her transgression has caused others. The loss of a limb say or his/her hands or feet. This film has forced me to reconsider that idea. It certainly isn't a Christian idea, that raises us up. Cutting off someone's hand, because they stole some object seems barbaric to me. What if they stole a life ?

With all the corruption that manifests in society, the society/government can seem, as bad as, or worse than the criminal his/herself. We cannot allow these people to make such grave decisions. Compassion and strength must supplant anger and revenge. As for deterrence, the majority of violent crimes are impulse crimes, which will not be deterred.

An excellent and courageous film, of an idea, which needed to be examined.