Abduction (2011)

All Critics (102) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (98) | DVD (2)

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.

September 27, 2011 Full Review

David Jenkins

Time Out

Top Critic

The movie is a more objective opportunity to assess Lautner's potential as a general-purpose action hero once his emo-goth run wraps. You might not want to go betting on that one.

September 26, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Tom Russo

Boston Globe

Top Critic

A blockhead espionage thriller from director-for-hire John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood).

September 25, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Benjamin Mercer

Village Voice

Top Critic

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.

September 25, 2011 Full Review | Comments (6)

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Sadly, 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.

September 23, 2011 Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

Whether the fault was haste or cynicism, Abduction feels like a movie designed to ride on the back of Twilight's phenomenal success, with held noses and paycheques all around.

September 23, 2011 Full Review

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Never goes far wrong as long as Taylor Lautner's in motion

January 7, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Lautner fans will enjoy five separate occasions where the star takes off his shirt but, for fans of worthwhile trips to the theater, Abduction is hard to recommend.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

Card-carrying members of Team Jacob may approve, but Abduction won't help turn Lautner into the action star he clearly aspires to be.

September 24, 2012 Full Review

Kristal Cooper

We Got This Covered

In the end, we're left with a semi-interesting story that was poorly executed and poorly thought out with a bad lead performance that merely exemplifies the weaknesses of the script.

September 19, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

The jury's still out on Lautner's leading man future.

April 6, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Even subtracting Taylor Lautner's mechanical performance, Abduction is an illogical train wreck riddled with messy direction, bad editing, tired action and plot holes galore.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Lautner is a distracting screen presence; he's like a living Mort Drucker caricature or a 'motion capture' animated avatar of himself. Even so, he deserves better than this.

January 12, 2012 Full Review

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Boring fugitive action-flick meets insipid teen romance. Well before the movie shows any hint of ending, you'll hope for a quick abduction, by any means, from the cineplex.

November 11, 2011 Full Review

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

The holes in the film's twist-filled story are often so big you could almost squeeze Lautner's sex appeal through them.

October 18, 2011 Full Review

Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

At not a single point in this movie is anyone abducted.

October 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (8)

Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

This uneven thriller alternates between fast-paced action and confusing plot situations, but Taylor Lautner takes his shirt off again to please his fans.

October 15, 2011 Full Review

Betty Jo Tucker

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

... more twists and holes than a bad mountain road ...

October 7, 2011 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

The dude is so wooden it's like watching Pinocchio with abs.

October 6, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Steve Newall

Flicks.co.nz

Lautner makes a laughable attempt to become an abdominal-flaunting action star in this abominably directed spy drama.

October 5, 2011 Full Review

Alistair Harkness

Scotsman

For an entertainment centering on teenagers the violence is, I think, excessive.

October 2, 2011 Full Review

Philip French

Observer [UK]

You look at the screen mainly because it beats staring at the auditorium walls.

October 1, 2011 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

The film's Pittsburgh location is used to nice effect but little else about the movie rings true.

September 30, 2011 Full Review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

• 1. Nathan: Trust needs to be earned.
  – Submitted by Katherine T (8 months ago)
• 1. Nathan: They killed my parents!
  2. Agent Frank Burton: They weren't your real parents.
  – Submitted by Lorenzo V (14 months ago)
• 1. Kozlow: I can guarantee this: if you don't surrender that list, I will killing every friend you have, Zake, Keelie, neighbors, even your boring teachers, and when i'm finished you will be responsible for the death of every friend you have on facebook.
  – Submitted by Sophi L (18 months ago)
• 1. Nathan: What's my real name?
  – Submitted by Matt D (19 months ago)
• 1. Kozlow: There's a bomb in the oven.
  – Submitted by Margot L (19 months ago)
• 1. Nathan: Not if I find you first!
  – Submitted by Ben C (20 months ago)

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