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What timelines are in this film


I kind of liked how they kept jumping through time without telling the viewer what was happening.

You had varying timeframes

The abduction timeline (8 years ago)

The meeting between Rosario Dawson and Tina in the cafe (4 years ago, Rosario mentions how the daughter turned 13)

The present timeline


Are there others?

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It was a stupid mess the way they handled the timelines.

Rosario dawson gets kidnapped and locked in a van.
Next scene she finds the cameras in the hotel rooms. They confront ryan reynolds about it and ryan punches scott speedman.

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Exactly! I was lost there. I was thinking she was just finding the cameras and next scene she's in the van.

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Yeah, it was really one of the biggest reasons this film wasn't that good. It jumped around to present day and flashbacks and you had no idea which was which.

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The version I saw had the years labelled.

2005,2011,2012,2013

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