By Lily Forster – Staff Reporter

The story of “Abduction” revolves around Nathan Harper, played by Taylor Lautner. For many years, Nathan has had the uneasy feeling that life with his family isn’t quite what it seems. He claims that something has always been off and says, “I feel like a stranger in my own life.” 

Nathan Harper’s fears and senses come true when he finds a picture of himself at a young age on a missing-persons website. Giving him proof that the people he’s called mom and dad his whole life, are not his real biological parents. As he comes close to uncovering his true identity, Nathan becomes the target of assassins, forcing him to be on the run with his neighbor, Karen, played by Lily Collins, the only person he can now trust.

The plot of this movie is on point and the twists in this movie are incredible. This movie is an action thriller that will have people staring at their TVs begging for no interruptions. This movie hooks viewers in. 

There are many major strengths in this movie. First, all the actors did an amazing job. For being a story about a 17-year-old boy who is going through a lot of change in his life, you can see that so clearly throughout the whole movie. The biggest strength of this movie is how the character development of the protagonist is so strong.

One weak point of this movie was that the movie was not very realistic. Even though movies are usually crazy made up stories, this plot just wouldn’t really happen in the world these days. The plot also wasn’t as clear as it could have been; they did not tell the viewer who Nathan and Karen were exactly running from, they just knew they were the targets. Even at the end of the movie, the reasoning behind it all never came out clearly and confidently.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars