Liam Neeson saves ridiculous script

Rating: 8/10 (16 April 2012)

Liam Neeson, father of a slightly rebellious teen, finds himself confronted by a parent's worst nightmare: his daughter has been abducted. Paris serves as the background for first rate action, spiced with one of the worst scripts I've come across in years. Apparently Europe is a den of iniquity where police, the rich and famous and seedy Albanians all connive to abduct innocent American girls not heeding parental advice.
The film lacks local colour, which is all but absent. Paris is depicted as if it were the capital of Dagestan, where nothing is as it should be and crime and treason lurk behind every corner.
Liam Neeson is his usual concentrated solid self and makes the film worth while, delivering a believable ex secret agent. Anything else is silly and forgettable. Liam beats up everything that crosses his path, interspersed with a satisfying neck crunch here and there.
Fans of Neeson or B-level action-only flicks will be rewarded, anyone else abstain.