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Zara and Brian are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life.


Two young women get themselves into a very compromising situation that proves life changing, the aftermath is almost worse as all trails of the event has been wiped out and all of a sudden the tables turn and Amanda goes from being the victim to the accused. Amanda's father decides to look into it only to realize it's much bigger than they first anticipated.

Tom Sizemore
Max London

Dennis Haskins
Senator Stevens

Calhoun Koenig
Barista
Colleen Gentry
Claudia Stevens
Joel Paul Reisig
Police technician

Harley Wallen
Detective Caldwell

Kaiti Wallen
Amanda London
Abstruse is a action, crime, thriller film released in 2019. Directed by Harley Wallen, it stars Tom Sizemore, Dennis Haskins, Calhoun Koenig. Two young women get themselves into a very compromising situation that proves life changing, the aftermath is almost worse as all trails of the event has been wiped out and all of a sudden the tables turn and Amanda goes from being the victim to the accused. Amanda's father decides to look into it only to realize it's much bigger than they first anticipated.
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