From MovieHole.com
One-time 'director to watch' (these days, sadly, simply a 'Director to avoid') John Singleton ("Boyz N' The Hood", "2 Fast 2 Furious", "Shaft") will direct Taylor Lautner in the "Bourne Identity"-style actioner, "Abduction".
The script, about a youngster who discovers some disturbing secrets about his parents, scored scribe Shawn Christensen a sumly $1 million when Lionsgate jumped on it in February.
Does that mean it's any good?
Personally, not so much. Well, look, I thought it was fun - in a 'I can see myself enjoying watching the events roll out, but forgetting everything about it once I leave the cinema' sense - but if Singleton wanted to win the critics - let alone the fans who've been following him since "Boyz" - he could surely plonk himself on something a little more substantial than this!? More so, I think I enjoyed the story better when it was released under the title "Little Nikita".
One-time "regiss�r kollar p�" (i dessa dagar,�r det tyv�rr bara en "direkt�r f�r att undvika") John Singleton ("Boyz N 'The Hood", "2 Fast 2 Furious", "Shaft") kommer att regissera Taylor Lautner i "Bourne Identity"-stil actioner, "Kidnappning".
Manuset, om en ung som uppt�cker n�gra st�rande hemligheter om hans f�r�ldrar, gjorde skrivare Shawn Christensen en sumly 1 miljon dollar n�r Lionsgate hoppade p� den i februari.
Betyder det att den �r bra?
Inte s� mycket. Ja, titta, jag tyckte det var kul - i ett "Jag kan se mig sj�lv njuta av att titta p� h�ndelsernas utbyggnaden, men att gl�mma allt om den n�r jag l�mnar biografens k�nsla - men om Singleton ville vinna kritikerna - tala fansen som har f�ljt honom sedan "Boyz" - han kunde s�kert plonk sig p� n�got lite mer omfattande �n s� h�r!? Men, jag tror att jag nj�t av historien b�ttre n�r det sl�pptes under titeln "Little Nikita".

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