Abandon
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Movie Reviews of Abandon
Movie Review: Abandoned sense of direction
Summary: 2 Stars
You know when you watch a movie half-way through and you get the general idea of what the movie was about, but you're not quite sure of all the details of the plot? That's the same feeling I got when I watched Abandon all the way through. The movie had a sense of direction equal to that of a chicken with its head cut off. The plot just kind of staggered around, didn't really go anywhere. There are points in the film where you can tell that suspense is trying to be created, but there isn't any real ground here to build suspense. You feel like you should be expecting something riveting to happen, but you're not sure what, and nothing really happens. Overall, there's some okay points in the film involving character development and preformance, but that's not enough to save this mostly uninteresting and inconclusive movie.Movie Review: Not enough story to warrant a feature film
Summary: 2 Stars
First off, starting with the positives - 'Abandon,' on DVD contains an above average video transfer and a superb, well mixed Dolby 5.1 audio track. The score is moody and foreboding without being too over the top as well. The disc extras are somewhat light with your typical 'making of' featurette and 8 or so deleted scenes that are instantly forgettable.On the downside the storyline borders on meager. As a psychological crime thriller this film would've been better suited as a 22 minute episode of 'Alfred Hitchcok Presents' rather then the 98 minute feature it was stretched out to be. Couple this with the overall lackluster performances and you're left with a flick you could well do without unless you find yourself nursing a hangover one morning with nothing better to do.
Movie Review: ABANDON has no spice
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm not sure how to explain this movie. I actually think that Katie Holmes gives a very solid performance. A troubled girl who holds many mysteries inside her head. She plays it well. I think even proves that she's a very good actress, if given a better surrounding.
It's the things around her that are so bland, that you never really care. The story has no build. It has no muscle. The characters around her are flat and non-dimensional. Benjamin Bratt's character, and no fault of his own, is undeveloped. The story is even more non-dimensional. The suspense is so flat, that you never get involved.
It could have been a good movie... if you can manage to sit through the monotone delivery that plagues the movie throughout, it actually has a decent payoff in the end.
Movie Review: Boring and Predictable
Summary: 2 Stars
Katie Holmes is utterly wasted on this movie. It starts off interesting, with Holmes trying to pick up her life after her boyfriend vanishes, but quickly goes downhill from there. We learn that she has been left first by her father, then by Embry...and that this is her worst fear. What is supposed to be a surprise twist ending is anything but, because the least astute of viewers can quickly figure this one out. The empty ending - with her about to be left by yet another lover - resolves nothing. Get the DVD of "Dawson's Creek" instead. It's far more entertaining.Movie Review: Poor attempt at a mystery
Summary: 2 Stars
I was disappointed at the end of this movie...disappointed I wasted 91 minutes of my life! I did give the films two stars: one for Benjamin Bratt and one for the cinematography that effectively brought out the dark atmosphere/overtone of the film. Aside from that, there in nothing else worth much in the film. The storyline is very predictable and the acting wasn't too hot. Rent this if you love Benjamin Bratt or are in the mood for "Mulholland Drive" type movie...