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Abduction (2011)

Director: John Singleton

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From Time Out London

Imagine ‘Transformers’ without the Transformers, and that’s ‘Abduction’, a production-line tween thriller from once promising director John Singleton (‘Boyz n the Hood’). It stars Taylor Lautner (pictured), the rippling, dead-eyed mannequin who made his mark in the ‘Twilight’ films and whose inspiration seems to be the young Schwarzenegger. He’s a dirtbike-riding, beer-chugging, mixed-martial artist bad boy of suburban Pittsburgh, and then one evening, while surfing abduction websites (as you do), he spots a picture of his younger self. Next thing he knows, there are gun-toting hoods at his door threatening to kill all his Facebook friends, so it’s a big ol’ cross-country chase to find his real identity, with the cheerleader from across the street in tow. While the ultra-banal dialogue draws the occasional titter, the action scenes are tame and it’s rife with plot holes that you could navigate a burning blimp through.

Author: David Jenkins

Time Out London Issue 2145: 29 Sept - 5 Oct, 2011

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d sole said...

Posted on Oct 14 2011 20:14 B O R I N G B E Y O N D B E L I E F

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scrumpyjack said...

Posted on Oct 10 2011 18:49 Orange wed, free ticket or unlimited card type of deal. not bad, not good....just 2 hours out. 6/10

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Iain said...

Posted on Oct 06 2011 10:50 The reviewer was being generous. Terrible clichéd dialogue, a cast that can't be bothered to act because of how bad their lines are, ludicrous plot and deux ex machinas, tepid action sequences, utterly boring despite its badness, and the worst film of the year.

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mary mcveigh said...

Posted on Oct 02 2011 20:12 great film

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