Abuction Review

Abduction is a a story centered around the life of Nathan (Taylor Lautner), a teenage boy who is determined to figure out the truth about this life after finding his baby picture listed on a missing persons website. Through a lot of suspense and action, Nathan and his neighborhood friend Karen, eventually realize that there’s a lot more to this than they had ever anticipated.

Rating: 3 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: November 23, 2011
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: Any age
Sexual Content:Mild
Violent Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

Rating: 2 out of 5 buckets.
Release Date: September 23, 2011
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 14+
Sexual Content:Moderate
Violent Content:Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Moderate

See a clip of my review here, plus Moneyball!

Talking Points:

Nathan might not be the best role model for teenage boys, but he is a nice guy, who cares about his family, and will do anything to protect his friend Karen.

This film may attract tween girls; the big fans of Taylor Lautner and Twilight fans. However in this movie Lautner gets drunk and beats people up, he’s definitely not Twilight’s Jacob, who the girls really want to see.

Sexual Content: Moderate

• Nathan and Karen have some passionate kisses, and there’s some touching going on as well.
• Teenage girls wear low-cut outfits, and skimpy bikinis.
• There’s a joke about virginity.

Violent Content: Excessive

• When the killers invade Nathan’s home, they shoot his parents, right in front of Nathan…this may be very disturbing for kids.
• There are viscous fights, gunshots and explosions.
• Karen is hit, tied up and threatened by the bad guys.
• We see flashbacks of Nathan’s birth mother being killed, with Nathan watching as a young child…once again, this is disturbing for kids to see.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

• The f-word is used once, other swear words are used throughout the film, such as; “a–,” “b–ch,” and “d–n.
  

Drugs and Alcohol Content: Moderate

• When we initially meet Nathan, he’s on his way to a party to get drunk; Nathan ends up passing out on his friend’s lawn.
  

Overall I was not a big fan of this film. I didn’t like the violence and disturbing content, and I definitely do not recommend this for the tween girls that are really only there to see their favorite werewolf (Twilight’s Jacob)! Mature teens that are not sensitive to violence, may like the suspense and action of this film.

Back to DVD Reviews!

It's only fair to share...

Facebook

Twitter

Linkedin