Abduction

Abduction boasts Twilight star Taylor Lautner. Is that enough to get people in the theater? Probably not, but the trailer is exciting so let’s give it a try. The film stars Lautner as your average high school douche who drinks himself silly while riding on the hoods of cars and yelling like a doofus. I think that’s supposed to show he’s a thrill seeker. But after he finds his own face on a missing persons website, and his parents get killed, he goes on a journey to find out who he really is. Good thing his dad (Jason Isaacs) has been training him in hand to hand combat since he was a child.

Next it’s a big mystery with Lautner’s character finding clues and such, but the final answer is that he isn’t nearly as important to the situation as they make him seem. It’s quite a letdown. Luckily there are some adequate fight scenes throughout. They may be generic, but they’re interesting nonetheless. In trying to recall memorable scenes there aren’t that many. The final battle takes place at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But after realizing that the villain is more likeable than Lautner during their exchange, the only thing I got out of it were the Mets cameos, as they were the visiting team in the game.

Putting continuity issues aside, (long train rides and drives that somehow never get the characters out of Pittsburgh) along with the fact that this is an odd job choice for successful actors, (Alfred Molina and Sigourney Weaver) Abduction just never comes together. It’s not unwatchable. There are moments of fun action, but Taylor Lautner isn’t enough to carry a movie. He can yell, “Who am I!?” all he wants, it won’t make a movie good. Plus, I may have missed something, but when does any kind of abduction occur? (5.5 out of 10)