"You murdered my parents!"
Is Abduction the birth of a new sub-genre - the action thriller written for tweenage girls? This clear targeting of the Lautner-friendly audience has to be kept in mind throughout watching this film, else the silly plotting and weak (slowly-delivered) dialogue verges on parody far too closely and sometimes crosses that line. John Singleton is a curious choice for director, but he demonstrates his usual cinematic eye in ordinary locations. After a disturbingly flat opening quarter-of-an-hour, things pick up considerably with the attack on the family home, but nothing after that really hits the mark. Lautner is shaping up to be the new Paul Walker on this evidence - well-meaning, easy on the eye, weak on delivery but an amiable screen presence. Abduction is action-lite, but that does not excuse the lame pacing and shoddy dialogue. One fact is also true: no-one gets 'abducted'!
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