Abducted: Fugitive for Love

I looked up reviews after watching, and the convenience, bad acting, and short resolution make sense. It was a lifetime movie.

It had a lot of potential, but did not deliver entirely. The ending was super convenient and anti climactic. If you're looking for a love story, here it is. If you're looking for more of a thriller, go elsewhere.

At the start of the movie, a pretty blonde woman is being chased through the woods by U.S. Marshals, who demand to know where "he" is. Wait a minute: the title of the movie is "Abducted" (at least it was when I saw it)--does this mean that SHE abducted HIM? Usually it's the other way around.

Melanie Stone has been married for 8 years to Washington State prison warden Tom, who is running for mayor and later governor. He is very controlling and not particularly loving, and anything Melanie does affects his image. And Tom seems to be spending a lot of time with campaign manager Paula, dark-haired, beautiful (Melanie is merely pretty) and intelligent.

Melanie has two jobs at the prison: teaching GED classes, and running a farm. She used to be a swim coach (that means we get to see teenage girls in swimsuits), but her friend Amy has taken over that job.

Jack Carlson has gotten into yet another fight. He is two years into a 16-year sentence, but Tom warns him that if that behavior continues, that could be a life sentence instead. Tom assigns Jack to a work furlough--at the farm Melanie runs.

Do I have to tell you anything else? Actually, I do. While you may think you know what will happen at this point, about halfway through the movie, everything changes. It's no longer the same movie. It's actually quite good from that point on. Okay, it's good with Melanie or Jack or both on screen. And even the actor playing Tom has more range in his performance. The actors playing the top U.S. Marshals seem like they're sitting around the table reading the lines for the first time, or perhaps auditioning and being told "Thanks, we'll be in touch." Their lines are well-written, though, and the characters seem to be quite intelligent and capable just based on that.

It's actually pretty exciting.

This watches a bit like a Harlequin romance (although apparently based on a true story) So along those lines, if you're in the mood for a little brain candy then it's pretty good.

The story follows a prison wardens wife who is kidnapped and the -of course (wrongly convicted) prisoner claims he did it to save her. She eventually becomes romantically involved with her captor after the truth is revealed and tries to help him clear his name

I honestly can't believe that this is a true story, it had such a romance novel feel to it. Anyways while clichéd its not terrible, there are some good love scenes, the husband is unscrupulous and the FBI tracking them in their little van provide some comic relief. 01.19.14

Other reviews have,quite rightly,noted how sexy Andrew Walker is,but the film offers a little bit more than that.

The story is engrossing,(based as it is on a true one),and most of the cast play well.

Ok,it's not a masterpiece,but entertaining just the same and well worth a look...and not just for Walker's pecs.

I didn't realize there were prisons holding convicted murderers that allowed them to mingle with beautiful women while they were on work details, or that you only need to drive past one fence to get out of such a facility.

This movie is above porn quality standards, but not by a lot. It does have some twists and turns and very brief nudity. It's enjoyable enough to watch if you don't take it seriously. The primary actor, Andrew W. Walker, looks a little too young and clean cut for the role.

Apparently its based on a true story but it only superficially resembles the actual story (about Randolph Franklin Dial and Bobbi Parker). This film has more of a happy ending than that one.