If all you knew about 2011 action thriller Abduction was the cast and crew involved, then you may left thinking that the high concept B-tier genre flick would be worth tracking down and dedicating 105 minutes of your time to.
That’s a sentiment streaming subscribers have been adhering to for unexplainable reasons, given that the panned effort is currently one of the top-ranked titles on ad-supported platform Freevee, per FlixPatrol.
Sure, Taylor Lautner trying to shed his Twilight persona in an effort to prove his mettle as an ass-kicker may have instantly alienated some viewers, but almost everyone in the supporting cast (and behind the camera for that matter) came packing some serious pedigree.
Directed by two-time Academy Award nominee John Singleton, with a script hailing from Oscar-winning musician, filmmaker, podcaster and artist Shawn Christensen, the intriguing premise finds Lautner’s teenager discovering his entire life has been a lie when he finds himself listed on a missing persons website, forcing him to go on the run in an effort to unravel the mystery behind his own existence.
Along for the ride were fast-rising star Lilly Collins, Alfred Molina, Maria Bello, Dermot Mulroney, Jason Isaacs, Michael Nyqvist, and Sigourney Weaver, which is one hell of a cast to put together for such a terrible, terrible film. How bad are we talking? Well, Abduction currently holds a mighty Rotten Tomatoes score of five percent. Five.
Poor Lautner was savaged for his wooden and one-note lead performance, while the majority of the events going on around him took themselves so seriously that the entire operation a soulless sheen. Abduction was never going to be anything great, but planting its tongue even the tiniest touch in cheek would have done wonders.
Published: Jul 29, 2022 10:56 am