Mindless action but entertaining enough

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2011)

In this thriller Liam Neilson plays Bryan Mills a former CIA agent who is not too pleased when his seventeen-year-old daughter Kim tells him she wishes to go to Paris with a friend. His ex wife believes he is just being paranoid and eventually he lets her go. When his daughter and her friend get there a friendly local gives them a lift to where they are staying to save on the cab fare; of course he isn't really friendly he is acting as a spotter for a group of Albanians who are kidnapping young travellers to force them into prostitution. While Kim is on the phone to her father the kidnappers strike; there is nothing he can do to stop her being taken but he isn't going to sit at home and do nothing. He flies to Paris and quickly starts tracking down the kidnappers; working his way up the chain killing and torturing the various kidnappers as he goes. The closer he gets to Kim the more dangerous it gets and the more people get killed.
This thriller had lots of exciting action and Liam Neilson put in a decent performance as Mills, the viewer does have to put their brain in neutral and suspend disbelief though as he quickly finds the trail of the kidnappers and works his way up the chain without getting badly hurt in the process or getting arrested for all the deaths he causes despite the authorities knowing what he is doing. If you are looking for something deep and meaningful I'd give this a miss but you could do a lot worse if you are just seeking an hour and a half of mindless action.