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21) Abduction
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Taylor Lautner explodes on-screen as a young man whose secret past is set to collide with a dangerous reality. After uncovering a deadly lie, Nathan is propelled on a lethal, no-holds-barred mission to learn the truth. Aided by a devoted family friend, Nathan's hunt for the facts pits him against ruthless assassins and questionable allies.
"...a solid supporting cast..."--Cinefile.
"...a crime thriller you can watch..."--Birmingham Mail.
"...athleticism...
22) Battle for Terra
Description
Mala is a precocious girl living on the beautiful planet Terra, a place where peace and tolerance are celebrated. Unbeknownst to Mala and her fellow Terrians, the last inhabitants of Earth have exhausted the resources of their planet and those of three others. They are now searching for a new home. This Earthforce has discovered that the use of a Terraformer will make Terra habitable for humans. Unfortunately, it will become poisonous for the Terrians....
23) De nadie más
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Evie, a young girl who was forced to give up her baby, kidnaps the child and runs to Montreal but must make a difficult decision when baby Brianna gets very ill.
24) Thumbelina
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When Thumbelina, a tiny enchanted fairy, meets Prince Cornelius, she is sure she's found her heart's desire. But before their romance can blossom, she is kidnapped by a family of show business toads, detained by a scheming beetle and married to a befuddled mole.
25) Taken
Pub. Date
1998
Description
After Ethan Grover, a successful clothing manufacturer, is kidnapped and his wife refuses to pay the ransom, Ethan learns ugly truths about those closest to him and begins to wonder who is left in his life that he can trust.
26) The Clearing
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
An executive is kidnapped and held for ransom by one of his employees.
27) No one lives
Pub. Date
©2012.
Description
After a couple is taken hostage, the kidnappers discover that they now have to fight for their own survival.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
When the president is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus), disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team rushes to respond, they must rely on Banning's insider knowledge to save the president and prevent an even greater catastrophe.
29) 12 Rounds
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. A year later Danny is about to have the worst day of his life. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with '12 rounds' of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves.
30) No good deed
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.
31) Shanghai Noon
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
An Imperial guard journeys from China to the American West, where he partners with an outlaw cowboy to rescue the daughter of the Chinese emperor, who has been kidnapped.
Two cultures collide when East meets West in Shanghai Noon. Chan goes West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. When he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West.
32) First kill
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In order to reconnect with his son, a Wall Street broker takes his family to the cabin where he grew up for a hunting trip. But the trip takes a deadly turn when they become entangled in a heist gone bad that results in the broker's son Danny being kidnapped, forcing his father to recover the stolen loot in exchange for Danny's life.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
After attacking two teenage girls, killing one and wounding the other, an ex-convict and his gang find shelter at the home of one of the girls' parents, and when the parents realize what has happened they seek revenge for their daughter's attack; sixteen years after a serial killer goes on a murderous rampage and dies, the seven children born that night begin disappearing and turning up dead; two couples hiking in the Hawaiian wilderness become suspicious...
35) Maldad latente
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
La doctora Emory Charbonneau, pediatria y corredora de maratón desaparece en un sendero montañoso de Carolina del Norte. Su marido, Jeff, enfadado por una pelea reciente de la pareja, denuncia su desaparición, pero para entonces el rastro de Emory ya se ha borrado. Mientras la policía sospecha que Jeff se ha procurado un "divorcio instantáneo", Emory ha sufrido una inexplicable herida en la cabeza y, cuando recobra el conocimiento, descubre que...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Infamous vigilante, Frank Castle, known as the Punisher, has been on his vengeance driven zeal for the past six years. He brutally assaults a 'beat the rap' party for the notorious mob boss Gaitano Cesare. He hideously disfigures gangster Billy Russoti and murders a mafia lackey who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent. Agent Paul Budiansky is the ex-partner of the undercover agent who joins the NYPD's 'Punisher Task Force' to help bring Castle...
37) Changeling
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Working-class suburb Los Angeles, 1928. Christine says goodbye to her son, Walter, and departs for work. Arriving home, Christine discovers that Walter is nowhere to be found. Christine launches a desperate search for her son. Then, a boy claiming to be Christine's son appears out of thin air. Knowing the boy is not hers, Christine invites the child to stay in her home. Christine cannot accept the injustice being pushed upon her and continues to challenge...
38) Driven to kill
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Ruslan Drachev is a highly-respected former enforcer in the New York-based Russian mob. He abandoned his gangland lifestyle years ago to pursue a peaceful career as a novelist. But after the brutal attack and kidnapping of his daughter, who happens to be engaged to the son of a ruthless Russian nemesis, Ruslan returns to the sinister underworld of his past and doles out his own style of merciless justice.
39) Hunter killer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
An untested American submarine captain teams with US Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
40) The deal
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.