Slow start, but really picks up at the end.

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2009)

As the title of this movie suggests, a man's daughter, who is vacationing in Paris, gets kidnapped and kept in an undisclosed location. The girl's father, an ex-spy, knows the situation and he eventually decides to head out to Paris and search for his daughter, and it all gradually picks up from there, until it leads you to the great climax.
What makes this movie so good is because it is so believable. You know that this could just as easily be a non-fiction documentary as it could be fiction. These types of things happen all the time, and this movie really digs into the details.
Liam Neeson does a superb job playing the tough-as-nails father who will stop at nothing to find his daughter. The rest of the acting is okay, but Liam Neeson is the only true standout of this movie.
By the time the father eventually finds his daughter, you are truly tied into the story and you want him to free her. The brutal things he does to the kidnapper really make you wonder- If someone took your child, wouldn't you do the same thing? When you watch this, you need to put yourself in the character's shoes, because that's how you get the most out of this film.