“Run The Tide” (**1/2 out of four) was a touching but uneven melodrama about an older brother (Taylor Lautner) who kidnaps his younger brother (Nico Christou) and takes him to the California coast when their drug-addicted and formerly abusive mother (Constance Zimmer) is released from prison and both her and the authorities are in full pursuit. Lautner’s strong performance makes the centerpiece of this imperfect story which has some moving scenes but starts to run out of steam as story gradually becomes more contrived and overlong. Still a nice try and worth watching as a showcase for Lautner and that there’s life after “Twilight.”