“If that happened to me, I have no idea what I would do and that’s exactly what Nathan is dealing with,” said Taylor. “I never boxed before and motorcycling was new.”īut acting is more than stunts, and Lautner said he found it challenging to relate to Nathan when the young character learns the life he has led is in fact, a lie. “I was excited to use my martial arts and some of my athleticism in this, but there were some new things I had never done before,” he said. “But I’m trying not to focus on that.”ĭirected by John Singleton, the film sees Lautner portray a teenager named Nathan who learns that his parents aren’t really his and that his life has been a lie. “I’d be lying if I said I did not feel any pressure whatsoever right now,” Lautner confessed to Reuters. “Abduction” marks the inaugural film of his production company Quick Six, which he runs with his father, Dan Lautner, and the hope is that there will be many more to come. And he must prove not only that he can draw audiences to box offices, but also that Lautner - like Cruise or Pitt or Clooney before him - can be a powerful brand name. Lautner, 19, finds himself the sole person on the movie’s poster with his name above the title - a major fete for any actor in Hollywood.
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REUTERS/Mario Anzuoniīut on Friday, the boyishly handsome actor with the six-pack strong abdomen hopes to broaden his appeal to wider audiences, headlining movie marquees on his own for the very first time in action thriller “Abduction.” “The movie stops in its tracks long enough to ogle an extended smooch whose slurping seems scientifically calculated to take things to the brink of an R rating.Cast member Taylor Lautner poses during the world premiere of "Abduction" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California, September 15, 2011. … The camera swoons around him as if he were a priceless sculpture, often moving in for extreme close-ups,” Holden writes.
“Abduction is a sloppy, exploitative act of star worship created (if that’s the right word for cynical hackwork) around. VIDEO: ‘Abduction’s’ Taylor Lautner is ‘Like a Young Tom Cruise’ Says Studio Exec Holden also criticizes Lautner’s acting, comparing him to an “advanced robot simulating human speech without registering emotion or even comprehension.” Stephen Holden of the New York Times writes that audience members at the screening he attended also let loose “hoots of derisive laughter” at some of the dialogue. Rodriguez isn’t the only one who found the movie unintentionally funny. You come away from Abduction thinking the actor needs to clean house and surround himself with people who have his best interests at heart, instead of opportunists who want to exploit what will turn out to be his 15 minutes of fame if he makes many more movies like this one.” “Even his father, Dan, is listed as one of the producers. “ Abduction is a crass and lowbrow attempt to cash in on a young actor’s heat - an exploitation picture where the person being taken advantage of is too young to notice,” Rodriguez writes. Rodriguez also opines that everyone involved with the film “is in it strictly for the money” and that Christensen “should never allowed near even a word processor or any sort of writing utensil again.” Rene Rodriguez of the Salt Lake Tribune was similarly unimpressed, writing that the movie “becomes so awful that the uncontrollable laughter bursts forth” only 15 minutes in. Screenplay writer Shawn Christensen tries to fashion a Bourne Identity-like thriller (there are some parallels, too, to the recent and significantly better Hanna), but the plot is increasingly absurd and the dialogue often comically poor.” “He has a bit too much of a boy-band singer look to him, but he’s likable and the major deficiency of Abduction isn’t his. “As an action star, Lautner handles himself reasonably well,” Coyle writes. The Associated Press’ Jake Coyle - who notes that Lautner goes shirtless, showing his “popular six-pack,” only four minutes into the movie - echoes the sentiment that the plot is “far-fetched.” PHOTOS: ‘Abduction’: Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins on the Run
“This Lionsgate release offers enough chases, gunplay and adolescent eye candy to attract the intended audience, indicating mid-range box office results.” “ John Singleton’s action thriller has a decent sense of propulsion but, after a faintly intriguing start, the convoluted plot mechanics overwhelm everything else, making you feel you’re watching a detailed blueprint for a movie, and an increasingly far-fetched one in the bargain,” McCarthy writes.
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