Abduction (2011 film)

Abduction
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Singleton
Produced by	Doug Davison Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Lee Stollman Roy Lee Dan Lautner Patrick Crowley
Written by	Shawn Christensen
Starring	Taylor Lautner Lily Collins Alfred Molina Jason Isaacs Maria Bello Sigourney Weaver Michael Nyqvist Dermot Mulroney
Music by	Edward Shearmur
Cinematography	Peter Menzies Jr.
Edited by	Bruce Cannon
Production company	Vertigo Entertainment Quick Six Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate Films
Release date	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23) (Sydney premiere) September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23) (United States)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$82.1 million

Abduction is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by John Singleton and stars Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfred Molina.

The film was released by Lionsgate Films on September 23, 2011. Despite negative reception, the film was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film.

Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) is an 18-year-old high school senior living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his parents Kevin (Jason Isaacs) and Mara (Maria Bello). He has been troubled by recurring nightmares and has been seeing psychiatrist Dr. Geraldine "Geri" Bennett (Sigourney Weaver) to diagnose them.

Nathan is teamed with Karen Murphy (Lily Collins) for a school research project on missing children. Nathan discovers he looks very much like an age-progression photo of a missing child, Steven Price. He investigates further and finds other clues that suggest his parents are not his real mom and dad. When he approaches Mara about this, she reveals that she is not his real mother. She goes off crying to get his father to help her explain it all to him.

Two men claiming to be from the Department of Juvenile Justice arrive at Nathan's home in the evening while Mara is on her way to get Kevin. Mara is suspicious and attacks the two, but is shot and killed by the intruders. Kevin is also killed, but not before subduing one agent, as well as yelling for Nathan to run. Nathan runs but returns for Karen, who is now captured by the remaining agent. Nathan overpowers the agent and rescues Karen, he attempts to find out who the man is, but is suddenly forced out of the house because a bomb planted there is about to detonate.