Abduction
2011 Directed by John Singleton
Synopsis
They stole his life. He's taking it back.
A thriller centered on a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
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What do you mean I can't choose zero? This was the worst waste of time I've ever endured, and I studied law for a year.
The only reason I didn't walk out is that I was stuck in the middle of row jammed full of tweens and I was concerned they might lynch me if I blocked their view of that vampire guy for even a microsecond.
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Many of the biggest action stars have shown you don’t need acting talent to make it in the genre but you do need at least a vague hint of charisma. Sadly, anybody who has had to sit through the Twilight films will know that Taylor Lautner is in short supply of either talent or charm. Obviously Abduction was seen as his chance to break out from the franchise that made him and become a star in his own right. Well the film spectacularly failed to achieve this or tell a compelling story.
This is basically Agent Cody Bourne with an ass-kicking teen caught in an elaborate and incredibly silly conspiracy theory as he tries to discover who he really is.…
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I have to hand it to the Twilight directors, and I didn't realize this at the time, but they managed to hide just how bad of an actor Taylor Lautner really is. This guy is bad. Really, really bad.
It's easy to get hung up on how awful Sharkboy is, but this film has some of the worst dialogue EVER. One horribly clichéd moment after another, from the high school party scene to the ridiculous romance between the two leads. Honestly, I struggle to think of a more awkward and uncomfortable kissing scene.
All of this could have been redeemed with some action, but there is surprisingly little action in this film. Mostly just Lautner whimpering about his situation. Half a star for a decent drop kick on a Serbian henchman. This movie needed more drop kicks.
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The spectacular editing, brilliant writing, Oscar-worthy performances, and original story make Abduction a phenomenal movie. Oh wait.... reverse everything I just said.
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What a turd of a movie. The only saving grace for this movie is watching it with a friend, if it were not for that I most likely wouldn't have stuck with this. This plays like a comedy honestly, it contains every cliche in the book. Taylor Lautner is a horrible actor, and probably the biggest let down in this is Sigourney Weaver. She was an Oscar nominated actress at some point wasn't she? Now we get her in this crap. Ahhh, that is all. This film is crap
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In times of financial crisis making films like this should be forbidden......
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Also so schlecht fand ich den echt nicht. Ist einfach nen Jason Bourne für Teeniemädels. Und Actiontechnisch hat der Film durchaus was zu bieten und dazu ist er einfach verdammt komisch (wenn auch unfreiwillig).
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5.9/10..
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Bad acting. Bad storyline.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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"There's a bomb in the oven!"
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Otherwise known as, The Movie In Which Taylor Lautner Gets Outacted By… Everything. James Berardinelli is on to something, I think: “Perhaps the only way to approach Abduction that will not result in a 105-minute boredom-induced coma is to think of it as a comedy, preferably with a drinking game attached.”
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A Bomb In The Oven: The moment where a movie makes a terrible, inexplicable choice, then doubles down and underlines how bad the choice is. The movie may have been bad before now, but this is the point of no return, where a movie becomes completely, and irredeemably bad.
The term originates from Abduction where average teen Taylor Lautner is attacked by superspies in his house. He's able to fend them off with ease because his foster father had the foresight to train Lautner to be a killer. Like a good trained killer, Lautner leaves one of the superspies alive orders him to tell who he and who he works for. The bad guy replies: "I will, but not now,…
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Taylor Lautner may have been Abducted but what's really missing from this movie is a decent script!
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Lost half a star for Lily Collins eyebrows. Far too distracting.