Run the Tide

This indie often seemed contrived and contained some very implausible plot elements at times. However, the acting is solid and I was interested enough to want to see how it would all turn out in the end.

Taylor Lautner stars here as Rey, who for the past several years has raised his much younger brother Oliver (Nico Christou), with the help of his stepfather Bo (Kenny Johnson). Their mother Lola, portrayed by Constance Zimmer, has been serving a six year prison sentence for drugs and prostitution.

Rey learns that his mother, who abused him terribly over the years, is set for release and wants Oliver to come live with her and Bo. Thus, Rey will take Oliver and head for California, acting on the invitation of an old flame (Johanna Braddy) to start a new life there. However, things will not go according to plan and decisions will have to be made for all concerned.

Soham Mehta and Rajiv Shah make their directorial and writing debuts here respectively. Overall, although I couldn't really buy into the main premise here, I still found the film interesting and fairly absorbing, and I certainly have seen worse over the years.

Hopefully by now you know the plot so I won't go into any details.

I'll just say if you read the overview you have obtained everything this film has to offer.

It starts slow, building to ... nothing. It keeps teasing you with the possibility of something dramatic suddenly happening, as is the way in most entertaining movies, but - nope - nothing, nada, zilch, zip.

I gave it a 5 solely because of the acting, which was fairly good but not great. It is enough to keep you engaged but if you are expecting ANYTHING to happen you will be sadly disappointed.

To summarize: If anything interesting had happened it might have been worth watching! ;)

Was a decent movie.. It felt low-quality,but still watchable.

The cinematography at numerous times felt questionable,why perhaps it felt rather amateurish.

The color tones felt dull,which might of impacted things too.

Casting & acting was ok,actually nice seeing Lautner in a role that you don't see him as Jacob.

The storyline was full of sadness,yet coming to terms and moving forward after a harsh past.

A few things bothered me how the ex-girlfriend basically used him,knowing the type of past he dealt with.. Considering the plot focus was a brother raising/protecting a sibling from abuse & after everything he just ends up handing the brother back yet staying behind? Why not go back & make sure mom changed & be a family or at least still be a protective brother,otherwise it made the storyline a bit contradictory.

This isn't or doesn't appear to be a large budget film,regardless it's worth checking out.

It's not kid friendly as the subject matter can be intense,both men and women can view this.. This won't be something you probably watch,again.

Although his fans would not be pleased if Taylor Lautner didn't have one or two topless scenes, the man does a bit of acting in Run The Tide. In this Lautner is the older of two brothers the other being Nicol Christou who run away from their midwest home to head for the Pacific coast where Taylor knows a girl starting college.

The reason for booking to the Pacific Ocean is that their drug abusing mother, (they had different dads) is about to be released from prison. Taylor has bitter memories of her abusing him as a kid. He wants to not see that happen to his younger brother. The younger one however is too young to remember anything bad. He just wants the mom he never had.

Am not sure why Christou's father just didn't divorce her. According to the story God knows she gave him enough grounds. I also doubt custody would be an issue. Maybe courts are biased toward Moms but usually a prison sentence will overcome that.

Lautner has some good scenes here, but the story is too much to overcome.

This movie is boring and uninteresting. A drug addicted abusive mom is about to be released from prison. As if the courts would give her custody. So the elder brother (Taylor Lautner) wants to take his younger brother away and they run off to the beach.

Taylor Lautner tries to stretch his acting range here by doing a serious role. But his delivery of lines is monotonous and sounds like he is reading a script. Giving him a bit of scruff doesn't make him a serious actor. He is better for comedy and action.

In the end it felt like a big fuss about nothing.