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Abandon
(Widescreen
Collection)
(Paramount Home Entertainment)
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| DVD
Release Date:
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March
18, 2003
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Length:
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98 mins.
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| Rated:
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PG-13
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Widescreen (2.35:1)
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Audio:
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Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby
Surround
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English, Closed-Captioned
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| Extras:
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Commentary
by Director/Writer Stephen Gaghan and Cinematographer Matthew
Libatique, A Look at the Dark Side - The Making of Abandon,
Deleted and Extended Scenes with Director Commentary, Theatrical
Trailers
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Abandon centers around Katie (Katie
Holmes), an overachieving college student who is about to graduate at
the top of her class. However, Katie is still haunted by the
disappearance of the love of her life, Embry (Charlie Hunnam), a
couple years back. The incident is dragged up again as a burnt-out cop
(Benjamin Bratt) starts a new investigation on Embry's vanishing.
Abandon just kind of plods along until there is a great twist at the
end that I didn't see coming at all. Prior to this ending though, I
just wasn't that interested in the movie. The performances are fine
though -- I always enjoy Katie Holmes. Her role as Katie reminded me a
lot her role as Joey Potter in Dawson's Creek, except with more of an
edge.
As for the special features included with the DVD, Abandon has a
making-of featurette that ends up with more talking about and with
writer/director Stephen Gaghan and his quest as a first-time director
than about anything else. The main participants of the film also give
their opinion about what it was about, which seemed way different than
what I was watching. There is a trailer for 'Abandon' as well as 'The
Four Feathers'. Also included were deleted scenes with optional
commentary by Gaghan. None of them were interesting though. Finally,
there is a commentary by Gaghan and cinematographer Matthew Libatique,
where they talk far more about the technical aspects of the film than
they do about the actual plot, making it not the most riveting one
I've heard.
Abandon was good enough to keep my attention. However, it just wasn't
good enough to make me care.
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5/10 |
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5/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
See
It If It's Free |
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