Abduction

Nathan (Taylor Lautner) is a rugged looking character and Karen (Lily Collins) is a pretty looking girl. They are both in high school and have been next door neighbours for quite sometime now. The chemistry between them is thick enough to be cut by a knife for certain (or so the makers would like us to believe). But an incident during their growing up years has left some kind of a soreness between the two. Karen continues to speak to Nathan only on a need basis and vice versa. Nathan on the other hand keeps harbouring hopes that one day, he will be able to muster up the courage to ask Karen out once again and re-kindle their relationship in a manner of speaking. Nathan’s friends keep egging him to do this but our hero doesn’t quite have it in him. Oh the magic of being in high-school…. Hey now wait a minute… why the hell am I making this into a mushy high-school romance when Abduction is actually an above average flick with loads of action sequences and especially the peppy chases which add to the drama – cant call it edge of the seat drama but it is entertaining nevertheless.

Taylor Lautner is going to be or already is quite a hit with the girls – that I am quite certain of. What with his boyish yet chiseled looks and to make matters even better for the women – he can fight like few others… at least when it comes upto mixed martial arts. Would be interesting to check up his history. And he is a decent actor also. Nowhere close to good as of now but decent. Will not make it to the level of serious actors but that’s what most of us said of Leo DiCaprio when he started. So Mr. Lautner – I guess u have some hope. However, I would, in the interest of your career strongly advise you to avoid screen space with the likes of Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver. More importantly the former because he can make you look like you are the scum of the earth. Will someone tell me what Alfred Molina cannot do? Is there a more versatile actor that has been born to date – I am completely amazed at his talent. Whether it is the frustrated pastor in Chocolat or the CIA agent in this movie, it is simply amazing to see what this person can achieve – despite this being one of his weakest roles to date.

Abduction could have done with some consistent tempo instead of the movement from the mushy romantic to the non-stop action (which is what confused me in the first paragraph ). The movie slows down at times to almost a drawl!!! And then speeds upto frenetic action and then turns mushy like nothing else and then back to drawl and then back to frenzied action. A bit difficult to keep up. John Singleton to look into the matter for future reference I say. As such quite entertaining and definitely worth watching once. Overall a 6 on 10.

Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3861355545/