Abandon
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Movie Review: "Abandon"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one amazing under rated film. All the people here on amazon are bashing it, why, because they dont understand it! I had to watch it 3 times before I fully understood this picture! And you have to pay close attetion! The film skips back and forth from past to preasent to future and you have to put it all together! Its a physcological puzzle!!! Thats why people hate it and thats why I love it! Katie Holmes is amazing!! This is more confuseing and makes you think even more than "The Matrix". Its one of my alltime favorites along with "Speed". Its one of the jewels of cinema! Give it a chance watch it one than once and PAY ATTENTION!!!Movie Review: amazing movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Such an awsome film! My eyes were glued to the screen.
You watch as Katie, in her last year of collage, is haunted by thoughts of her old boyfriend Embry who dissapered two years ago. When a police man starts Investigating katie starts seeing embry again. He is watching her in class, in the library and theatening her.
This movie will keep you guessing untill the amazing conclusion.
Movie Review: Abandon DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
What an excellent movie! The picture and sound quality are great. Katie Holmes and Benjamin Bratt were incredible. You do have to really pay attention to what is going on or you will get lost in the storyline. My daughter and I watch it often.Movie Review: Very Happy
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very pleased with this merchandise. I like this movie it's a good suspense movie if you like those kind. Katie Holmes does some great acting in this movie. It keeps you thinking all the way to the end.Movie Review: Much more than you may think...
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember when I went and saw this for the first time and everyone I was with thought it was terrible. I remember being in shock because I thought it was quite good. Granted, at the time of its release I was in love with Katie Holmes and thought she could do no wrong. Now, years later I decided to watch this again to see if it holds up now that my fascination with Holmes has diminished due to her insanely strange new outlook on life. Well, it does. I don't know what to say to all these people who find this film horrendous. I actually really like it. It works, it's solid and it impresses me to this day. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's so much better than many make it out to be.
The film revolves around Katie Burke, a young college student who is haunted by the memory of her ex-boyfriend Embry. Embry has been out of her life for two years now, just up and disappearing, but suddenly he seems to be returning. This begins to take its toll on Katie when Wade, a police detective battling his own demons, begins investigating Embry's disappearance. Katie is struggling to complete her thesis and land a good job but the sudden reappearance of Embry is throwing a wrench in everything. As her relationship with Wade begins to flourish her own demons come to the surface and soon we realize that Katie is not who we think she is and that Embry's reappearance may have more meaning than we could ever imagine.
`Abandon' plays out like a B-movie, but a very good one at that. It's not as polished as most Hollywood fare; it's gritty and dark, and I think this does the film a huge service (thought I was gonna say `disservice' didn't you). `Abandon' is at moments chilling and this is thanks in large part to Holmes performance. Katie has always had potential but it wasn't until just before she went cuckoo for Tom Cruise that she actually began to tap into it. Her performances in this film as well as 2003's `Pieces of April' are among her finest to date. It's a shame she has thrown it all away.
The rest of the cast does a fine job as well. Benjamin Bratt does his best to stand out but doesn't fare so well. His scenes are smothered with Katie's commanding presence. Zooey Daschanel is funny and witty as Katie's friend Samantha and the beautiful Gabriel Union delivers as Amanda (although I really wish she had more screen time). Melanie Lynskey manages to make me remember her (as she always does) but it's Charlie Hunnam who really grabbed my attention. As the mysterious Embry he really gets under the skin and makes a lasting impression.
Stephen Gaghan's script is tightly woven and, while not exactly mind blowing and or original it manages to strike fresh blood; creeping us out as well as making us think. `Abandon' is surely misunderstood and underappreciated. Don't let the negative press keep you away from this one.