Formulaic but fun

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2015)

Neeson plays an ex-CIA agent who won't stop until he has rescued his daughter who has been kidnapped while on holiday in the City of Lights.
Formulaic (not to mention implausible) but fun; on one hand, it's a throwback to 80s action flicks, while also appearing as an homage or tribute to them. Neeson does well with his antihero character, and looks to be having fun with the role and the action, and in Paris. Great action scenes, as Neeson turns those responsible into Swiss cheese, or in a memorably painful looking scene, electrocuting them. Even when they think they can escape him by jumping off a freeway overpass, the film gives them, and the audience, a memorable twist (splat!)