Abandon

Abandon

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Abandon

Benjamin Bratt, Charlie Hunnam, Fred Ward, Gabriel Mann, Gabrielle Union

Catherine Burke is under pressure. She faces exams, completion of her thesis, and a competitive interview process, all of which is compounded when a police detective, Wade Handler, begins investigatin...( read more  read more... )g the two year-old disappearance of her boyfriend, Embry Langan, a young man whose memory haunts and obsesses her. As the investigation continues, Catherine is forced to choose between past passions and new possibilities, even as Handler is discovering surprising new facts about Embry and his possible connection to another disappearance from campus.

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  • May 18, 2007
    Kind of like a sister movie to The Glass House, in that it's a thriller that doesn't do much thrilling...or much of anything, really. Abandon's a pretty simple movie. Where it has a good main character in Katie Holmes and a tight grasp on tone (both of which The Glass House lacke...( read more)d), it also is infuriatingly predictable and implausible. I had the big twist figured out in the first 40 minutes.

    The movie tries to justify what happens with really cheap dime-store psychology, but I'm not buying it. It's at least subtle about the roots of its plot, but you'd have to suspend a hell of a lot of disbelief to meet the movie where it stands. To be honest, I wouldn't really recommend this, even though the first half hour is really good. It just doesn't have what it takes to capitalize on the strengths of that first act; the movie doesn't "springboard" into action right. A lot of the times we see things that don't help at all. If we learned more about the characters, and if certain completely unnecessary subplots were written out, Abandon would have a great deal more potential. It's really too bad that this is even a thriller.

    I think the movie is most effective in teaching us that intellectuals are irredeemable assholes. Don't be friends with people like Embry. They're much happier with themselves.
  • December 23, 2006
    This was a great movie and I had no idea what it was lleading to, and I found it excellent.
  • April 29, 2009
    Katie Holmes trying to rid herself of her good girl image was unsuccessful in this film. It's not that her performance wasn't believable, she actually came across as a regular every-day college girl in this film, its just that this movie was kind of dull, and therefore not too ma...( read more)ny people would get the chance to see her playing against type.
  • March 12, 2006
    Not very memorable. You might also like Swimfan.
  • October 6, 2009
    L'ambitieuse Katie (est-ce qu'elle peut jouer autre chose d'une fille ambitieuse?) est-elle folle? Non, elle a l'air si normale! Quoi, omg! c'est pas possible! Regardez-le pour comprendre! Et Charlie Hunnam, y est hot mais c'est comme juste une sosie de Chad Michael Murray...
  • September 10, 2009
    I have seen this film, I own this film, I remember nothing about this film... not a good sign really?
  • September 7, 2009
    Really thought this movie was going to be good considering the plot. It was just OK.
  • June 3, 2009
    i love charlie hunnam so hot but she killed him how can u can someone that hot its just not right
  • May 12, 2009
    twists are always a plus...but what a terrible movie...
  • April 24, 2009
    Pretty crazy movie - Katie Holmes is insane in this one if I remember correctly...

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