Unsatisfied with the police and Mast's progress, Jake travels to Los Angeles to find her himself. To infiltrate the industry, he poses as a pornography producer, placing ads to lure informants. This journey forces the rigid, midwestern churchman to navigate a "Manichean" landscape of peep shows, massage parlors, and adult film sets that completely contradicts his moral core.
(George C. Scott) is a conservative, Calvinist businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His orderly, pious life is shattered when his teenage daughter, Kristen , disappears during a church-sponsored youth trip to California. Months pass without a lead until a sleazy private investigator, Andy Mast (Peter Boyle), shows Jake an 8mm adult film he found in Los Angeles. Jake is horrified to see his daughter in it, apparently having been drawn into the adult entertainment industry. The Descent Hardcore(1979)
The story of , written and directed by Paul Schrader , follows a devoutly religious father's descent into a seedy underworld to rescue his missing daughter. The Vanishing Unsatisfied with the police and Mast's progress, Jake