Why do people like this movie?

Rating: 2/10 (26 June 2012)

The reception that this movie has received over the years is unbelievable to me. All too often when I challenge someone to name a second film Liam Neeson was in that is worth watching (the one film being Schindler's List) and I'll always hear "Taken's a great movie". This is perhaps the worst action film I have ever seen. The lines delivered are positively horrible and the actual fighting is preposterous. One user stated that fans of the Bourne series would enjoy this film as the action scenes are shot similarly. Whether or not this is true, a young, fit Matt Damon doesn't look nearly as ridiculous flipping "bad guys" over his back while spin- kicking another as an aging Neeson does. While action films often don't need to be believable to be enjoyable, Taken makes a few attempts to be taken seriously as a meaningful film, which are out of place and laughable. Don't see this movie.