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Abduction (2011)

Abduction poster
Directed by
John Singleton
Genre
action film, mystery film, teen film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3,037 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager finds his own photo on a missing persons website. He then investigates his true identity and gets chased by dangerous people.

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What happens

Abduction is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by John Singleton (in his final directed film before his death in 2019), produced by Roy Lee and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, and written by Shawn Christensen. The film stars Taylor Lautner in the lead role, alongside Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, and Sigourney Weaver in supporting roles. The film follows a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding a photo of himself as a child on a missing persons website. The film was released by Lionsgate on September 23, 2011, and grossed $82.1 million on a $35 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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