Nathan Harper is an 18-year-old high school senior living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents Kevin and Mara.

His call is intercepted by CIA operative Frank Burton, who tells Nathan he is in danger and he will send two men to collect him.

Dr. Bennett gives Nathan the address of a safe house in Arlington, Virginia and tells him to trust only Martin and a man named Paul Rasmus.

Arriving at the safehouse: the two obtain money, a gun, a photo of Nathan's biological mother Lorna Price, and a cell phone.

Nathan gets Kozlow to agree to make the transaction at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at their home stadium, PNC Park.

[7] Lionsgate rushed to start principal photography in July, due to Lautner's schedule to begin work on the last two Twilight films for Summit Entertainment.

Writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff was hired to work on the screenplay, and John Singleton signed on to direct in March.

[10] An open casting call for extras held at Carnegie Mellon University drew over 900 people in June, many of whom were teenage fans of the Twilight film series.

The site's critical consensus read, "A soulless and incompetent action/thriller that not even a veteran lead actor could save, let alone Taylor Lautner.

"[14] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

"[17] James Berardinelli gave it one out of four stars, saying, "For those who are indifferent to Lautner or who don't like him, the only way to survive Abduction is under the influence of a controlled substance, and even that may not be enough.

"[18] Catherine Brown of Filmink also gave it a scathing review, saying that "Singleton is poorly equipped to handle teenage angst, a fact made far worse by cringe-worthy dialogue and a wooden leading man who proves that he has not yet developed the skills required to carry a film.

"[20] Likewise, Roger Moore of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of four stars, saying it "falls in the same corner of the youth market as the Twilight movies.

"[21] Andrew Barker of Variety called the film "a haggardly slapdash Bourne Identity knockoff, never rising above the level of basic competence.

"[22] Taylor Lautner was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his role in Abduction (also for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), but lost to Grown Ups 2 co-star Adam Sandler for both Jack and Jill and Just Go with It.

[25][26] At the Golden Reel Awards 2011, Abduction was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film.