The Usual Kidnap Plot Blessed With Panache. ♦ 86%

Rating: 9/10 (22 September 2013)

From the start, the characters are baked into genuineness. Then, the fast-paced action-play takes over to give its viewers the extraordinary experience which any other film with similar plot fails to deliver.
Liam Neeson is my new favorite in the action genre, with his performance outstanding. His physique, his demeanor, his air - all add up as icing for the action cake. The plot & story is clichéd, but what adds glitters to it is its execution. No leeway is provided by the writers, keeping it tightened, with short-flashbacks of how the sequence previously mentioned must have occurred. Brilliant fight sequences & relationships bonds makes it a wonderful, edge-of-the-seat watch.
Mostly, it works due to the emotion involved and the experience totally pulls you in, forcing you to want to be inside the movie and for men, to want to be Neeson's tough CIA character.
BOTTOM LINE: Highly recommended 'cause there aren't many movies with such impeccable standards. No viable plot-holes as such.
Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES
Profanity: Mild | Vulgarity/Nudity: Mediocre | Sex: Implied; No visuals | Foreplay/Mouth-Kiss: No | Drugs: Mild | Smoking/Alcohol: Very Mild | Violence: Very Critical | Gore: Strong | Porn: No; Implied