fast action, serious family issues yet humor at times

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2013)

I enjoyed this DVD from my local library. I like Liam Neesen. Since I had not seen the original Taken movie my only knowledge of the movie was in the brief trailers around the Academy Awards time. The scenes over the roof tops reminded me of some of my son's video games a few years ago. The triangulation of location by cell phone signal, counting turns, smoke, and wind direction is somewhat a "leap of faith". The speed of the scenes led me to accept the locating of the family members rather than thinking too hard. There is a good underlying story of family cohesiveness or sometimes lack thereof. The funniest line was his asking Kim if "she could shoot".I also wondered as another reviewer how she could on demand drive a stick shift so well with speed. Use of GPS was funny too in the fast action scenes.