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MOVIE: Abandon
The flick Abandon can rightly be classified as a half-baked thriller, which could have been much better if the plot had something new to offer.
The story revolves around a teenage student Catherine Burke (Katie Holmes) who is completing her thesis and also preparing for her exams. A police detective Wade (Benjamin Bratt) approaches her about her boyfriend Embry (Charlie Hunnam) who has been missing since the last two years. Wade is investigating the case. The interview processes disturb her a bit. The memory of her boyfriend also haunts her during this process. All of a sudden her boyfriend returns and both Catherine and Wade discover surprising new facts about him and his possible connection to the disappearance of another guy from the campus. He follows Catherine everywhere and makes her life even more miserable.
The first half of the movie drags at a snail’s pace; it is so slow that it tests the viewer’s patience. The second half though has some twists but due to the confusing plot and lack of acting skills of the actors the impact is diluted. Katie Holmes tries hard at making an impression but fails. She delivers the wrong expressions throughout and one can hardly understand what she is doing. The interview process, which is the main part of the movie, should have been shot in a way through which the interest of the viewer could have been captured for the rest of the movie. Overall, Abandon has only a few moments which can keep the viewer engaged.
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