Abducted (2013)

David (a solid and likable performance by Trevor Morgan) and Jessica (a winningly perky portrayal by the pretty Tessa Ferrer) are a young couple vacationing in the California woods who get kidnapped by masked abductors in Griffith Park. The pair find themselves imprisoned in a dark cell, where they are subjected to strange medical experiments and harrowing psychological torture. Writers/directors Glen Scantlebury and Lucy Phillips relate the tight and compelling story at a steady pace, build a considerable amount of claustrophobic suspense, and do a bang-up job of crafting a strong atmosphere of stark bleakness. Moreover, there's a genuinely intriguing (and unsettling) ambiguity to the basic premise; we never find out who exactly the abductors are and precisely what they are up to with their experiments. It's truly refreshing to see a low-budget indie horror picture of current vintage that not only doesn't explain everything, but also thankfully eschews both needlessly graphic gore and cheap scares as well. Morgan and Ferrer make for engaging leads; they receive sturdy support from Ross Thomas as angry and hyper-aggressive alpha male Buzz, Vivan Dugre as catatonic UFO nut Maria, Aidan Park as loopy nerd Elliot, and Doug Haley as scrawny teen Justin. Chuck Fay's spare shivery score hits the shuddery spot. Cale Finit's polished cinematography makes effective use of both shadowy lighting and a restless camera. A tidy little nail-biter.

I watched it on a whim and was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it. I was even interrupted with 20 minutes left of the movie. usually when this happens you (I) forget about the movie and rarely go back to finish. This one I completed. I just had to know what was going to happen at the end.Rating: 3/5 - because when you are dedicated to finding out what happens at the end of a movie then the writer has done something correct. I wrote all of that and then this site says I have to have at least 10 lines of "review" that's stupid. This is padding. but the padding is not complete because of now it not but it could really be but wow it is a good flick. just wow man. totally.

This is one of those movies that you continue to watch because you're curious about what is going to happen next.*********Spoilers Ahead (Don't say you weren't warned ********** Dave and Jessica are starting their vacation in California and on day one they are tranquilized and taken away to some unknown facility.Firstly, the acting was solid and thankfully the director decided to fore-go the typical "females must scream for no apparent reason other than to let everyone know they're afraid" style of thriller schlock.Clues and twists keep coming into play mostly through the introduction of new characters to the movie and finally we get to realize that one of the pair of young couples that were abducted were on the right path.The ending leaves the watcher wondering more about what they THINK they have determined and wondering what happens next rather than tying it all up with a pretty ribbon and leaving the viewer satisfied.As the previous reviewer has stated, they did a lot better with their obvious low budget than many of the big budget studio flicks have done lately and hopefully these talented people will put some more out there.If you haven't seen it yet, please enjoy because it is worth the watch.

This was a very suspenseful low budget film, with realistic acting and (bonus), all the women didn't look like fashion models. We never really knew, what was going on, but could only surmise. I found the ending rather disappointing, but I still enjoyed the rest of the movie. It's not a great film, but I found it, as good as, some pathetic Hollywood "Blockbusters", which "mysteriously" get high scores on this site, even though most of the reviews are poor. I think, that Hollywood insiders must stack the ratings for their big money films, while other smaller films with mostly good reviews, get very low scores. Always rely on the reviews, not the score, as your guide to films, I'd advise. This film has a mysterious atmosphere and sympathetic characters, which I find always important.