Abandoned (2010 film)
Abandoned is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Michael Feifer and starring Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain, Mimi Rogers and Jay Pickett.[1]
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| Directed by | Michael Feifer |
| Produced by | Barry Barnholtz Michael Feifer Jeffrey Schenck Diane Healey Wood Dickinson |
| Written by | Peter Sullivan Jeffrey Schenck (story) |
| Starring | Brittany Murphy Dean Cain Mimi Rogers |
| Music by | Andres Boulton |
| Cinematography | Denis Maloney, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Bryan Roberts |
Production company | Renegade Pictures ARO Entertainment Barnholtz Entertainment Feifer Worldwide |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Mary Walsh (Murphy) is a banker taking her boyfriend, Kevin Peterson (Cain), to hospital for a routine outpatient surgery. A nurse tells her the surgery will be exactly one hour. When she returns to take Kevin home, she discovers that he has mysteriously disappeared. An administrator (Rogers) can find no record of Kevin, and when Mary contacts the police, Detective Franklin arrives and initiates a search for Kevin but finds no evidence of Kevin having been at the facility.
Increasingly frantic, Mary is taken to staff psychiatrist Dr. Bensley (Peter Bogdanovich), who pronounces her unstable. Now she is tasked to find her missing boyfriend and prove her sanity.
Mary is then approached by an anonymous older man claiming to know of Kevin's whereabouts. A ransom of $10 million is demanded and Mary has one hour to comply or her boyfriend's life will be at risk. She has to embezzle from her bank. When she transfers the funds as directed she comes face to face with Kevin and realizes the truth.
Kevin is part of the gang who "kidnapped" him and she has been ensnared in an elaborate scheme aimed at stealing $10M from her bank. Mary is the only witness to the activity of the gang; they need to eliminate her.
Mary escapes from the one gang member (Holloway) who is to kill her; in so doing she kills him. Holloway's cell phone rings; she hears the others waiting on confirmation that she has been killed. Kevin realizes that Mary is still alive and orders the others to return and finish off Mary. The gang attempt to run Mary down in their van, but she manages to escape through a doorway prompting two of the gang to chase her while Amanda stays behind. Mary kills one of them (Cooper) and continues to evade the other.
Detective Franklin, chasing a lead, uncovers the plot and races back to the hospital. When he arrives he manages to apprehend one of the criminals. He also steps in to save Mary's life by shooting an armed Kevin.
Cast
- Brittany Murphy as Mary Walsh
- Dean Cain as Kevin Peterson
- Mimi Rogers as Victoria Markham
- Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Bensley
- Jay Pickett as Detective Franklin
- Tim Thomerson as Cooper
- Scott Anthony Leet as John Holloway
- America Young as Amanda
- Tara Subkoff as Nurse Anna
- Wood Dickinson as Business Man at Bank
Production
Abandoned was shot in June 2009 and was Murphy's last filmed project before her death on December 20, 2009. It is one of two films to be released after her death (the next being 2014's Something Wicked).
Release
Anchor Bay Entertainment acquired distribution rights in North America and released the film direct-to-video on August 24, 2010.[2]
References
- "Das ist Brittany Murphys letzter Film". Archived from the original on 2009-12-25. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
- Tom Woodward. "Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has announced this Brittany Murphy movie". DVD Active. Retrieved June 29, 2010.