What's the message here?

Rating: 2/10 (12 August 2012)

An American girl, 17 years old, goes on a trip to Paris. Her father, ex-agent, does not want her to go as it is so dangerous. She ought to call him as soon as she arrives and every evening. I am so glad she is so save in the states- otherwise he might put her under constant surveillance I guess. Of course: he is right! Right after arrival she meets her charming kidnapper- hours later she's violently dragged off her suite. That's what happens when a young girl travels through the dark old continent.
Her father: her saviour. He kicks ass. One guy dares to help a villain that gets beaten to a pulp in public. He instantly gets pounded as well. He's black: probably an accomplice of that Albanian scum Neeson just hunted down. Liam Neeson shows us what a real hero looks like. An all American father in 'Lone Star'-mode.
Of course Albnanians are the villains, yet we meet an interesting mix of other participants in these foul deeds done. Most are more or less characterized by nation or culture. Albanians only do the dirty work of course. All the other mistrusted yet more cultivated folks play their parts respectively. If it weren't about selling women we might not even hate them as much. As it is however we see them for what they are: non-human. Fit to be hunted down and killed in broad daylight, without asking twice. Torture and everything. Well done by our hero. A pity he could not rescue all those probably eastern European girls he rushed by while on his mission. Sedated as they were it would have been hard to do I guess. And after all his goal is saving his daughter. I mean: they made it his business. He wouldn't come for them if they had left his daughter alone.
We learn: don't go abroad, listen to your father and if you kidnap a girl better make sure she's not American.
Seriously: if the film would have any flaws besides its massive use of stereotypes and its reconfirming peoples ridiculous fears I'd have given it a one of ten. Besides that it is rather entertaining and well made, so: 3/10 for well made propaganda.