“The Vanishing” (*1/2 out of four) was a ponderous melodrama about three lighthouse keepers (Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells) on the remote Flannan Isles who find a buried trunk of gold which subsequently leads to their unraveling and disappearance. Jorgen Johansson’s moody cinematography provides film’s only life; it takes forever to get going and even then has no real story or mystery to tell. Attractive Scottish scenery is a plus but this movie is as dreary and appetizing as eating haggis. What the hell is Butler doing in this movie? Byetheway, this has no relation to the hugely influential 1989 Dutch horror film “The Vanishing” but it should vanish from theaters soon.