The movie is a more objective opportunity to assess Lautner's potential as a general-purpose action hero once his emo-goth run wraps. You might not want to go betting on that one. full review

A blockhead espionage thriller from director-for-hire John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood). full review

Perhaps the only way to approach Abduction that will not result in a 105-minute boredom-induced coma is to think of it as a comedy, preferably with a drinking game attached. full review

Sadly, it's impossible to fake the faintest enthusiasm for this picture, which is a fourth-rate Hollywood thriller that bungles a lot of thievery from better movies. full review

Whether the fault was haste or cynicism, Abduction feels like a movie designed to ride on the back of Twilight's phenomenal success, with held noses and paycheques all around. full review

[Lautner's] not a terrible actor, but if he wants a career after the Twilight fades, he'll pick better films. full review

A ridiculously cheesy confection filled with unthrilling thrills, bored-looking adults and a comically overstuffed backstory. full review

"Abduction" is just the third movie John Singleton has directed in the past decade, and it contains neither the passion nor the competence of his two previous genre efforts - "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Four Brothers." full review

Why, for his first theatrical job in six years, is Singleton - who has a busy producing career on the side - directing this? The film has a decent budget (and hints, desperately, at sequels). But a Taylor Lautner teen-spy movie? Really? full review

Actual abduction may be preferable to the movie of the same name, but only if your kidnappers don't torture you by forcing you to watch it. full review

Filled with laughable dialogue, Abduction goes nowhere. full review

A haggardly slapdash Bourne Identity knockoff, never rising above the level of basic competence. full review

To give Mr. Lautner his due, he is a martial-arts dervish with perfectly sculptured abs. His acting, however, is another matter. full review

Taylor Lautner tries to hold his own in an action thriller too silly to give him much of a chance. full review

As an action star, Lautner handles himself reasonably well. He has a bit too much of a boy-band singer look to him, but he's likeable and the major deficiency of "Abduction" isn't his. It's the script. full review

"Abduction" falls in the same corner of the youth market as the "Twilight" movies. Some moments and many lines feel cribbed from that series. full review