Abandon

The only way to honestly review something is by accepting it on its own terms not by what the reviewer thinks it *should* be. That said, "Abandon" is a high-gloss thriller, an entertainment that relies on suspense and the ability of its ensemble to pull off performances that seal over any missteps (and there aren't many).Katie Holmes is someone who was never on my radar until her ex-husband's histrionics during a television interview made it impossible to go through a checkstand without seeing them. Even at that I wasn't sure if in I'd ever seen her - but never mind. She is an exceptionally gifted actress who takes the slightest material and turns it into something to think about (as does the rest of the cast, with some great people like Fred Ward and Tony Goldwyn turning in incredibly nuanced performances in small or cameo parts). Ms. Holmes' ability to make an extremely talented, smart, and disturbed young college student into a character study of a woman literally on the edge is the work of someone who knows her craft. Final thought: "Abandon" is the kind of thriller that is so quietly effective that it isn't until it's over that you realize you've been biting your nails for 90 minutes.

I had seen this movie before and just really wanted to see it again. It was amazing even the second time.

This movie was interesting with an unexpected twist at the end. Katie Holmes’ acting was great.

I went into this movie with eyes wide opened. I did not read one review. I chose to watch as it was free through Prime video. I like Katie Holms and Benjamin Bratt so on I went. I knew if it got weird I could just turn it off. I did not, I was entranced. As a writer myself, I can respect everything about this movie. No redeeming value here though. Just a thriller with a lot of scenes that were silly and over the top. Someone's overused depiction of college life and far too many recycled clichés! Clearly all the signs were there that the main female character was mentally stressed and emotionally fractured after her boyfriend abandoned her. I thought all along that she knew what happened to the ex and maybe that Benjamin's character played along thinking if he allowed himself to get close to her, he would learn what really happened. He made the wrong choice! He made the right choice in quitting his job. He was not a good cop! These kind of movies depend on the idea of tripping up the viewer and manipulating them to follow along because so many of us are these characters or we know someone like them. One comes away thinking they wasted their time as no satisfaction in the end. However on paper and film, this guy got what he deserved. In reality parents teach your teens to be careful of relationships like these and of the danger of drinking and drugs. Never mind! It's a movie. It's a premise. Watch or don't. I liked it. Not s horror movie, not a love story, not a cop drama. Not sure what we can enjoy from a story like this. Maybe the thill of trying to figure the ending? 1 star for each actor I liked. One for the puzzle. I less star for the nasty content and 1 less for the scary scene where Katie is in bed and someone tries to open her door. This was definitely to me, like Edgar Allen Poe stories.

Katie Holmes looks like a baby in this movie but she is a convincing actor. Benjamin Bratt did a great job as a tortured detective searching for a missing genius (composer, director, artist) who was Katie's character's beau.Katie is in a high pressure program for her MBA & studies incessantly in the library. She has dreams & weird hallucinations while studying so goes to see a campus therapist. This is a psychological thriller along the lines of Hitchock.I was absolutely sure that Embry (Charlie Hunnman) had re-appeared, playing mind games with Katie's character.Held my interest right unto the very shocking end.

Why did she see herself at the beginning? I knew she had something to do with Embry's disappearance from the first interrogation but what was her condition. She was just nuts??? And what was the purpose of the scenes with her therapist and him hitting on her? Why did Hamilton disappear and they made it seem like something happened to him but then he suddenly reappears with some lame excuse. Lame ending. Weird pacing. Ben Bratt was high on weed or something. Most of the time I was throwing my hands up in the air while watching.

It started out pretty interesting but deteriorated over time. By half way through, I wasn't sure I wanted to finish but forced myself to watch the rest of it, hoping that the story line would get better. It didn't. The skipping back and forth between scenes, past, present and future just became hard to follow, disjointed and the ending was very predictable.

Katie Holmes is actually great at turning on the creep. She's truly an under rated actress and this movie proves it. All the characters were well acted and it was a fun thriller.

Mi ha sempre incuriosito vedere questo film, mi aspettavo molto di più dalla trama, assai scontata e banale. È un film raro, è uscito e nessuno se lo è filato, non si trova in streaming, pure Katie Holmes ha dimenticato di averci lavorato, per quanto è insulso, però ero curioso di vederlo e... Sono felice di essermi levato sto sfizio, meno del film in sé.

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psycho-gruselein film der mir wegen seiner hauptdarsteller besonders gut gefällt...katie holmes als superstudentin katie burke (sehr viel besser als ihr ruf!!!)charlie hunnam als ihr exfreund embry larkin (sowieso einer meiner ganz großen lieblinge!!)und benjamin bratt als detectiv wade handler (auch nicht schlecht)könnten nicht besser gecastet sein !!story:katie schreibt an ihrer erfolgsversprechenden doktorarbeitals sie plötzlich nach einem alkoholexzess ihren exfreund embry zu sehen glaubt. dieser hat sie allerdings vor zwei jahren verlassen, um spurlos zu verschwinden.immer öfter taucht embry jetzt auf und katie reagiert zunehmend hysterischer auf seine besuche.detectiv handler ist überzeugt, dass embry nichtmehr lebt.als ein guter freund von katie spurlos verschwindet, liegt der verdacht nahe, dass embry tatsächlich seine finger im spiel hat.katie fasst vertrauen zu wade handler und beginntmit ihm eine affäre, doch embry erscheint immer wieder..ein muss für fans der schauspieler !

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