Decent Fusion of Action and Drama

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2019)

2 May 2004. It's not easy to blend the movie genres of action and drama into a composite whole successfully along with bits of independent film editing and photographic techniques. Tony Scott has presented the audience with a toned-down action film with a heightened sense of drama between Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning (from SciFi Channel's "Taken") and included "Proof of Life," and "Traffic" concepts to make a rather marketable product with a new look. While the ending is a bit Americanized and there are some rather ludicrous plot devices involved with Denzel Washington's skill and almost superhuman stamina (compare Sylvester Stallone in "The Specialist") the overall movie is a solid presentation with a much stronger emotional content, meaningful dialogue. Seven out of Ten Stars.