Even Action Films Need Some Sense of Reality

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2010)

The plot to this movie is nicely set up. It's very predictable but that doesn't matter. Once the young woman is kidnapped and the Terminator (Oops, Liam Neeson) gets involved, it slowly descends into an atrocious succession of easy kills with the hero being shot at about 20,000 times (not a scratch, of course) and each of his shots taking someone out. I thought this ended with Bronson and Death Wish 56. I don't know how the government ever let this guy go. He could wipe out a small country by himself. Then there is the physical toll. Dead people littering the streets and buildings. There is no humanity to any of them. Many of the people Neeson kills could well be just doing everyday jobs. It seems a shame that so much money can be expended on stuff like this. Neeson is one of our best actors. I hope he gets a few better offers.