The Abduction Club

To simply praise "The Abduction Club" for being charming, romantic, witty, exciting and an all-around spectacular blast of fun is to overlook the fact....one cannot help but see them all soaring to the ranks of the A-list purely on the strength of this one sensational picture.....For decades, the Abduction Club has functioned thusly, succeeding often enough to have earned the scorn of the aristocracy.....many had thought to be as extinct as the spirited "Golden Age" actors capable of pulling it off..... ... Full Review

But by the time it peters out into formulaic nonsense, the central miscasting and anachronistic dialogue have grown irritating and the only thing abducted is 90 minutes of your precious time. A botched kidnap then sends highwaymen Byrne and Strang (Daniel Lapaine, Matthew Rhys) on the run with two feisty rich sisters (Alice Evans, Sophia Myles), pursued byeminently boo-able villains. ... Full Review

To sum up, then, The Abduction Club is an undeniably silly, but nonetheless enjoyable slice of romantic nonsense that's definitely worth seeing for Sophia Myles' performance. That's not far off the general feel of the film, though the subject matter is different and it opts to drop the modern music and post-modern dialogue, instead choosing to play it straight. ... Full Review

So says one of the members of the Abduction Club, a group of rambunctious, disinherited 17th-century Irish noblemen who kidnap wealthy lasses in order to charm them into saying I do. Two such romantic hooligans are Byrne (Daniel Lapaine) and Strang (Matthew Rhys), who abduct the beautiful and very feisty Kennedy sisters (Sophia Myles, Alice Evans), only to discover that the girls arent about to give away their fortunes to any old handsome chappie. ... Full Review

The Abduction Club is a mildly entertaining affair, with plenty of heaving bosoms and lusty britches, and a faintly whimsical tone. Starring: Daniel Lapaine, Matthew Rhys, Alice Evans, Sophia Myles , Patrick Malahide, Liam Cunningham, Edward Woodward, Tom Murphy Byrne (Daniel Lapaine) and Strang (Matthew Rhys) are best friends who belong to The Abduction Club: a secret fellowship of financially destitute young bachelors with the singular aim of finding and marrying rich heiresses, run by founder member Sir ... Full Review

"This is one of those professions where many give up because of the insecurity that comes with it." His escape from geezerdom began alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins in Titus followed by The Abduction Club and the lead role in the... ... Full Article

Based on actual events that took place in Waterford, Ireland, in the late 1700s, director Stefan Schwartz's romantic comedy-drama concerns itself with a group of abductors who kidnap usually willing young women in order to persuade them to wed. ... Full Article

Well, Its Father Geek again, this time with a little report from the set of The Abduction Club sent to us by our Dublin Editor/reporter Ozymandias. ... Full Article