Cleveland Abduction (2015)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

So much average

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I want to start off my review by stating that the victims, Michelle Knight (Now Lily Rose Lee), Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus deserve all respect and dignity for the atrocities they went through.This film does not give them that, especially Amanda and Gina.We can disregard the bad taste in making a film about a horror. The point of such films should be about informing people of what happened and how such horror should be watched out for and how people can help in these situations. It shouldn't be about entertainment.The sin of this film is that it clearly is a message to entertain people and not on the truth.This film focuses on one of the victims, Michelle, and that is probably one of the worst decisions made. It almost ignores the other two which is beyond frustrating. Why were their stories not worth being told? Why did we only see their families grief through the eyes of Michelle? Worse, the grief was shown for the purpose of highlighting the fact that Michelle had no one looking for her. Instead of feeling pain for Gina and Amanda's families, we were supposed to feel sadness that Michelle did not have that. Important moments like when Amanda learns of her mother's death from a news story were told strictly through Michelle's eyes when it would have been better served to have been told from the grieving daughter.Michelle's story deserved to be told, but so did Amanda's and Gina'sAnother problem is because this is a film meant to tell strictly Michelle's story and also with the guise to entertain instead of inform, the filmmakers made the decision to twist the truth to pull focus onto Michelle. This causes problems because in many instances it makes the other two victims appear worse. They present both Amanda and Gina as entirely subservient to Ariel and completely under his thumb from the beginning, both too afraid to even entertain the idea of escaping while Michelle is always looking for ways to get out. When reading the book written by both Amanda and Gina it is clear that both of them tried to find ways of getting out, including a moment where Amanda considered stealing the very van they were all abducted in. By trying to prop up Michelle as the "strong one" they make the other two look meek and ignore the bravery of ALL THREE of them.But the example that bothers me the most is at the very end of the film. After the three of them are rescued it shows them all trying to move on. In a particularly tragic scene Gina informs Michelle she wants to stop talking to her for a while so she can move on. Its' sad because its supposed to highlight the fact that Michelle is alone again, no family, no son and now now help from the other two people she could share her story with.The problem is that this simply is NOT true. The fact is it was Michelle who needed to separate herself from Gina and Amanda and told them both this, even though they are still in contact to this day. Gina and Amanda see each other every week and are in constant contact and in fact wrote a book together. Michelle needed to separate herself from them in order to heal, since she was older and went through some atrocities they did not (such as being forced to miscarry 5 times and losing custody of her son) it is certainly understandable that she would need space from her two fellow captors in order to healFor the film to completely lie and try to paint Michelle as the one abandoned is a complete and utter disservice to Amanda and Gina. It is horrifying that they would decide to mute the voices of two of the victims. I know this film was based on Michelle's book, but that doesn't mean it was right to almost ignore the stories of Gina and Amanda. All three of them deserve more than this piece of crap.

This drama is apparently based on true events and I have no idea how accurate is the depiction in the film. But that said this movie is both compelling and heart wrenching.A young woman is kidnapped by a lunatic and kept prisoner and tortured as are other young females. The brutal treatment of the victims is appalling. Both lead players give first rate performances as do the other performers though there are times in this picture I needed to look away due to the horrid nature of events.Sometimes I really feel ashamed that men can be so wicked to females..Despite the sordid content in this movie, its' realism gains it a vote of:8/10.

I true story that has to. Be told so the victims can live on. I like the movie even its a horrible story. And I'm glad the women are saved en can live there life's even it most be hard for them. I hope the are happy now with there lives as good as it gets. And i also hope the men who did this will never leave jail. Somebody like him does not deserve the live his life ever in freedom he's a animal no worser than a animal. It was a difficult movie to watch but i am glad i did. I saw one of the women by the Doctor phill show i have real respect for this women that she told her story and still after all she come true have the power to go on with her life. Respect it most be hard.

Alex Kalyminios directs this story written by Stephen Tolkin of the true-life account of a Cleveland single mother Michelle Knight(Taryn Manning)and her 11-year imprisonment in the home of Ariel Castro(Raymond Cruz). Castro, psychotic and sadistic, damaged himself as a child, was compelled to take out his aggression. The school bus driver kidnapped Michelle as she was trying to go to court to get her three year old son back from social services.Being a made for TV movie for the Lifetime Channel, this film could have been more gruesome and disturbing than it is. Michelle would become impregnated by Castro and forced into miscarriage. Two other women would be kidnapped and held captive. Amanda Berry(Samantha Doke)and Gina DeJesus(Katie Sarife)were also physically, mentally and sexually abused by their monster captor. The three women helped each other survive. Michelle would be forced to help deliver a child birthed by Amanda.Miss Knight found strength in thoughts of her son, her ability to write poetry and her singular faith in God. The woman plotted ways to escape and physically tried making their bodies stronger. But it was a fluke that Ariel, usually so self-assured, carelessly left the front door of his home unlocked. Amanda managed to get the attention of neighbors that led to a miraculous rescue and arrest of Castro.Also in the cast: Pam Grier, Joe Morton and Grace Ransom.