Abducted (2014)
In an attempt to rebuild his marriage after the death of his son, Matt Hollis decides to take his wife and six year old daughter Lara on a trip of a lifetime to LA, to escape the constant reminders of their loss. Shortly after their arrival Matt's world is turned upside down when his wife is attacked in their holiday home, leaving her in a coma and their daughter LARA kidnapped by a child trafficking ring. Hunted by the police who mistakenly believe Matt has absconded with his daughter, he must evade capture and pursue the criminals responsible for Lara's abduction. Realizing he only has a 72-hour window of opportunity if he ever wants to see his daughter alive again, he enlists the help of Syan an old forces buddy, Matt tears a path of bloody vengeance through the streets of LA on a collision course with Lara's captors.
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Good concept, poorly executed.
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Matt (Mark Harris) is a grease monkey and former boxer who takes a holiday to the states with his family. Not just any place, but the city where children are kidnapped and sold to childless parents without adoption papers and where young girls are also forced into prostitution, especially if they are English tourists.Matt's little girl Lara (nicely played by Honor Kneafsey) is kidnapped in what was a set up from the on set. With his wife beaten into a coma and his daughter missing, police suspect the boxer with an arrest record. With the help of a street wise stranger, Matt goes Charles Bronson all over the bad guys while easily avoiding the cops.One of the nice things I noticed about this film is that the kidnapped British teens were given the same treatment as their kidnapped non-English speaking counterparts. Just makes one proud to be an American.This is another "Death Wish" type of film. It has a some differences, but basically it is a vigilante film. The acting and plot were okay, but then again this type of film doesn't require too much.Parental Guide: f-bomb, rape, nudity (Kelsey Hardwick)
I have read some way past comments and some present. Hence I decided to give my opinion. Some really are harsh trolls and I can't see for why. This is film making from actors and new producers and what a blinding first job they done. Someone else wrote about fx being crap. I didn't see any fx accept gun shits but not every film needs to be a Liam neeson high budget taken. It was a breath of fresh air watch a real film. Made by Londoners in London and Hollywood. A lot of bottle that takes and a lot of legality I'd imagine. I hope they do abducted 2 and do get more money as I reckon mark harris could do really well here. A good little film. Yes very violent so you have been warned. No wonder it's picked up so many film festival awards. .....
One word. Wow. Okay It was predictable at times but I still felt myself waiting to see what would happen next. I watch a lot of indie films and usually turn them off in the first 15 minutes but I was hooked once Matt Hollis and his family landed in Los Angeles. The gangsters were realistic. Not too many bandanas and tattoos. Just real hardcore twisted people. I love films that don't care about having a happy ending. And this is one of those. Hope that doesn't spoil it for anyone. I'm just saying. All story don't end with the guy getting the girl or the hero saving the day. I advise you get a hold of this film for your collection, I came across it on Amazon while looking for new Thrillers. I m now a fan and the film delivered. I'm curious to see what's next from this group of filmmakers
Sadly I have to agree with the last reviewer. And I also agree that British low budget films should be supported but surely they could be (and are) better than this. The acting of the lead character was glaringly bad but the rest of the cast were alright. The first part of the film was quite good really but once the location moved to LA it went downhill, didn't add up and was unnecessarily violent with the camera dwelling overly long in in some scenes, particularly in the final scene. This film should put people off doing a house swaps and has painted a very ugly and depressing picture of Los Angeles. I don't think there is any comparison with "Taken".