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.[2] It is distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment and one of two films released posthumously that starred Murphy.

Abandoned
Official theatrical poster
Directed byMichael Feifer
Written byPeter Sullivan
Jeffrey Schenck (story)
Produced byBarry Barnholtz
Michael Feifer
Jeffrey Schenck
Diane Healey
Wood Dickinson
Hamit DAYLAK
StarringBrittany Murphy
Dean Cain
Mimi Rogers
CinematographyDenis Maloney, A.S.C.
Edited byBryan Roberts
Music byAndres Boulton
Production
companies
Renegade Pictures
ARO Entertainment
Barnholtz Entertainment
Feifer Worldwide
Distributed byAnchor Bay Entertainment[1]
Release date
  • August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Mary Walsh is a banker who is taking her boyfriend of four months Kevin Peterson to the 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 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, who deems her to be mentally unstable. She is then 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 dollars 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.

It is revealed that Kevin is part of the gang who allegedly kidnapped him and that Mary has been trapped in an elaborate scheme aimed at stealing the 10 million dollars from her bank and with Mary being the only witness to the activity of the gang, they decide that they need to kill her.

Mary escapes from the one gang member who attempts to kill her and in doing so she kills him. Holloway's cell phone rings and she hears the others waiting on confirmation that Mary has been killed. Kevin realizes that Mary is still alive and orders the others to return and kill her. The gang attempt to run Mary down in their car, but she manages to escape through a doorway prompting two of the gang to chase her while Amanda stays behind. Mary kills 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. Kevin then falls to his death.

Cast

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 released after her death (the other being 2014's Something Wicked). The film is dedicated to her.

Release

Anchor Bay Entertainment acquired distribution rights in North America and released the film direct-to-video on August 24, 2010.[3]

References
  1. "Murphy's last film to hit summer screens". The Ottawa Citizen. Reuters. February 10, 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. "Das ist Brittany Murphys letzter Film". Archived from the original on 2009-12-25. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  3. Tom Woodward. "Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has announced this Brittany Murphy movie". DVD Active. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
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