Abduction
Twilight star Taylor Lautner stars in this Bourne-esque man-on-the-run thriller about a young man attempting to uncover his true identity after finding his baby photo on a missing person's website. Also stars Sigourney Weaver (Avatar) and Alfred Molina (An Education).
After finding the photo, with help from his hot neighbour Karen (Lily Collins, The Blind Side), Pittsburgh teenager Nathan (Lautner) confronts the woman he thought was his mum (Maria Bello, A History of Violence). No sooner, suited goons turn up on his doorstep killing both his "parents". Nathan and Karen manage to escape but find themselves on the run from police, government agents and shadowy figures...
- Director:
- John Singleton ('Four Brothers', '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Boyz n the Hood')
- Writer:
- Shawn Christensen
- Cast:
- Taylor LautnerLily CollinsSigourney WeaverMaria BelloAlfred MolinaMichael Nyqvist
Reviews & comments
As dumb as its star, but a little fun.
John Singleton's ABDUCTION is the type of movie not seen as often nowadays as in the past: the action star vehicle. These films, which seemed to come in an endless supply during the 1980s action star heyday, usually exist for no other reason than to promote their leading man (or occasionally woman) and their often dubious talents. Here, Taylor Lautner steps...
Better than the critics suggest
I am a teen male who has watched both the Bourne movies and the Twilight movies, and I loved this film deeply. I admired the attention to detail and how there weren't any major plot inconsistencies. It is also refreshing to see this sort of action film do justice to the spec ops culture around it and incorporate a lot of convincing touches. The storyline...
Too funny
I am your typically teenager and went into the film mainly just to look at Taylor Lautner but instead I spent the whole movie laughing. It is possibly the funniest movie I have ever seen...the dialogue is terrible and the acting is no better and the film really made no sense. I found it hilarious and I'm sure many other teenagers would be caught up in...
Variety
pressAside from such dutiful fan service, the film is a haggardly slapdash Bourne Identity knockoff, never rising above the level of basic competence.
Salon
pressSadly, it's impossible to fake the faintest enthusiasm for this picture, which is a fourth-rate Hollywood thriller that bungles a lot of thievery from better movies, is entirely bereft of suspense or excitement and features a leading man who absolutely, positively cannot act.
New York Daily News
pressTaylor Lautner can't hold cliche spy flick together with 'Twilight'-bred muscles.
Hollywood Reporter
pressTaylor Lautner tries to hold his own in an action thriller too silly to give him much of a chance.
Entertainment Weekly
pressDirector John Singleton offers bits of suspense, but Abduction is less a movie than a piece of engineering, a glumly ludicrous cat-and-mouse blowout designed to win Lautner male fans along with his girl demo.
E! Online
pressThe script, direction, and pretty much everything else feels like Jack Bauer, 24: The Teen Years.
A.V. Club
pressSingleton once radiated ambition and vision. These days, he seems to be aiming for mediocrity at best. Even by those extraordinarily lenient standards, the inessential, perfunctory Abduction falls short.
Variety
pressAside from such dutiful fan service, the film is a haggardly slapdash Bourne Identity knockoff, never rising above the level of basic competence.
Salon
pressSadly, it's impossible to fake the faintest enthusiasm for this picture, which is a fourth-rate Hollywood thriller that bungles a lot of thievery from better movies, is entirely bereft of suspense or excitement and features a leading man who absolutely, positively cannot act.
New York Daily News
pressTaylor Lautner can't hold cliche spy flick together with 'Twilight'-bred muscles.
Hollywood Reporter
pressTaylor Lautner tries to hold his own in an action thriller too silly to give him much of a chance.
Entertainment Weekly
pressDirector John Singleton offers bits of suspense, but Abduction is less a movie than a piece of engineering, a glumly ludicrous cat-and-mouse blowout designed to win Lautner male fans along with his girl demo.
E! Online
pressThe script, direction, and pretty much everything else feels like Jack Bauer, 24: The Teen Years.
A.V. Club
pressSingleton once radiated ambition and vision. These days, he seems to be aiming for mediocrity at best. Even by those extraordinarily lenient standards, the inessential, perfunctory Abduction falls short.
As dumb as its star, but a little fun.
John Singleton's ABDUCTION is the type of movie not seen as often nowadays as in the past: the action star vehicle. These films, which seemed to come in an endless supply during the 1980s action star heyday, usually exist for no other reason than to promote their leading man (or occasionally woman) and their often dubious talents. Here, Taylor Lautner...
Better than the critics suggest
I am a teen male who has watched both the Bourne movies and the Twilight movies, and I loved this film deeply. I admired the attention to detail and how there weren't any major plot inconsistencies. It is also refreshing to see this sort of action film do justice to the spec ops culture around it and incorporate a lot of convincing touches. The storyline...
Too funny
I am your typically teenager and went into the film mainly just to look at Taylor Lautner but instead I spent the whole movie laughing. It is possibly the funniest movie I have ever seen...the dialogue is terrible and the acting is no better and the film really made no sense. I found it hilarious and I'm sure many other teenagers would be caught up in...
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