Taken at a Basketball Game (2025 Lifetime Movie)
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Cast: D.B. Woodside, Moni Ogunsuyi, Claire Qute,
Director: Ruba Nadda
Writer(s): Richard Blaney, Gregory Small
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Synopsis (via Lifetime)
Inspired by real events. Desperate to bond with his estranged 18-year-old daughter Robyn (Claire Qute), Wayne Edwards (D.B. Woodside) gets them tickets to a basketball game where he envisions the two of them cheering on their favorite team while they reconnect. However, when Robyn goes to the restroom and doesn’t return, Wayne’s worst fear is confirmed when he realizes she’s been kidnapped. On a mission to find her in a stadium filled with thousands of people, he races against the clock and will stop at nothing to find her before it is too late. Moni Ogunsuyi also stars. (2025)
Recap/Wine Thoughts
Inspired by actual events. (Meaning, a basketball game happened once.)
Surprisingly, the movie doesn’t start at a basketball game! We meet Wayne Edwards, who works security at a casino. Wyane co-parents his daughter, Robyn, with his ex-wife Pam. Robyn has a bad attitude and doesn’t even appreciate her hot Dad calling her for her birthday. Wayne is busy with work, and not around, I guess.
Wayne stops by to check on his daughter because she was so RUDE on the phone. Pam isn’t much nicer to her ex-husband and tells her she likes her new husband better. In an attempt to bond with his daughter, Wayne gives Roby basketball tickets and blames Pam for his absence and for kicking him out. Robyn reluctantly agrees to go to the game with her Dad.
At said Basketball game, Robyn admits she never liked watching sports with her Dad. What would she want to be doing instead? Playing chess with her Dad. Robyn felt abandoned when her Dad divorced her mother and moved to another. Wayne tries to explain that he was dealing with some trauma from an incident at work. (He mistakenly killed a young girl.)
Robyn gets frustrated and excuses herself to go to the bathroom. A woman named Donna compliments Robyn’s boots and then spills her drink on the teen. Donna invites Robyn to their box seats and mixes her a cocktail to make it up to her. Donna’s husband Lucas is there, and NO ONE ELSE. They offer to invite her Dad up with them, but not before giving her multiple drinks. Robyn quickly feels woozy and can’t move. They carry her out of the venue and into the parking lot.
Wayne starts to feel like something is off and checks on his daughter. Robyn is nowhere to be found, and Wayne alerts security. They review the security footage, and he sees Robyn going into the private box with Donna. Then he sees Robyn being dragged out. Wayne alerts Pam, and they go to the police and tells them how to do their job. The police chief says since Robyn is 18, there isn’t much they can do. Wayne leaves the station and knows that it will be up to him to save his daughter.
Donna and Lucas have Robyn’s way out of the city. When Robyn comes to, she screams for help and bangs on the windows. Lucas pulls over the car, and Robyn makes a run for it, but Lucas uses a taser on Robyn and tells her to “act like a lady.” (WTF?!) Robyn is told to do what they tell her and lock her in a room. Robyn is being human trafficked.
Wayne hires a sex worker to help him get an idea of what’s going on in the streets. Splendid isn’t into his plan and cuts their date short. Later, she has a change of heart and decides to help Wayne find his daughter. Splendid tells him about the human trafficking ring in town and connects him with another girl who went through exactly what Robyn is going through. Wayne presses the girl for details, but Ashley isn’t really helpful. (She remembers a country house with a “flying pig.”)
Robyn is forced to take pills to keep her pliable, and Donna is unfazed by Robyn’s resistance. This isn’t Donna’s first kidnapping. Robyn isn’t going to go down without a fight, and she throws up the pills when she is alone. Donna was a nurse and she catches on quickly.
Wayne gets a call from someone, and they want to meet up to discuss a possible ransom. It isn’t Donna and Lucas, the caller turns out to be Splendid’s pimp. Wayne, of course, beats him up but gets stabbed in the process. Things aren’t looking great for Wayne, and I’m questioning his detective skills. Wayne ends up in the hospital, and Pam picks him up. She is hopeful because Wayne has a lead; he warns his ex-wife that Robyn might never be the same.
The following day, Wayne and, surprisingly NOT Pam, head out to save his daughter. Splendid joins him instead. They find the landlord of the farmhouse, but he won’t give up the details. Splendid tries to help Wayne, but he keeps shutting her down.
Somehow, Robyn actually escapes, and she tries to flag down a car. The car she flags down is Lucas’, and she is trapped again!
Wayne gets to the farmhouse and confronts Donna. She caves like a pawn in chess. (Remember when was a random plot point?) Wayne gets the information for Robyn’s drop-off, and he tries to stop the men solo.
Robyn unties herself and grabs one of the guns. She stops the men, but the father is badly injured. The police arrive and take Wayne to the hospital. Robyn asks her Dad to move closer, and he starts his own detective firm. Splendid works as his personal assistant. Well, her real name is Faith.
THE END!
STRAY Thoughts
Lifetime doesn’t often explore the Dad saving his daughter. This one really felt like the pilot for a TV show.
Lots of guns in this one. Not the typical Lifetime weapon. Give me a kitchen knife or a flower vase ANYDAY!
Overall rating
Number of Kills: 🔪🔪 (2 knives)
Lifetime Tropes: Kidnapping,
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷 (2 Glasses of Wine)
Should you watch it?
Pour it Up (Give it a shot!)
Put a Cork in it! (Skip it!)
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How did Wayne take out the pimp in two moves but got stuck in a boxing match with Lucas!?