| ABANDON
Released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Out now to buy.
A teen thriller with a bit of an edge. Abandon stars Dawson Creek alumni Katie Holmes as troubled uni student Katie Burke.
Katies boyfriend, the rich and spoilt Embry( a somewhat unsympathetic Charlie Hunnam) has been missing for two years (so flashbacks aplenty here then) - enter Detective Wade Handler (played by Benjamin Bratt) who is investigating the case,
Wades digging into Embrys disappearance uncovers a hornets nest of memories and emotions for Katie, who is not only struggling to cope with her college workload and
Embrys disappearance but is also developing feelings for Detective Handler.
With a directing debut from Oscar winning screenwriter Stephen
Traffic Gaghan Abandon does have its intelligent moments despite some over the top theatricals from Hunnam and does track the theme of abandonment well, Katie has spent her whole life suffering from |
