must see high speed adrenaline thrill

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2009)

Every week i meet with the same friends for a movie evening, since many many years. We stumbled over taken without much prior knowledge and were literally blown away.
I was aware that mr. neeson is able to express some serious action since rob roy and gangs of new york.
But what he shows us in taken is probably one of the grimmest action protagonists i have ever witnessed.
It is a modern version of some old charles bronson flicks like the 1974 death wish.
lots of people compare it with bond or the bourne movies. But i must say it is in a completely different league.
It has, and that is most important, believable top notch action. Kudos to anyone involved in the execution. Even though some scenes only last a few seconds, it must have been a lot of work to get this on picture in such a perfect way.
Neeson does not fight the villains, he literally steamrolls over them with remorseless determination.
Aside from that it is loaded with little details in the script pushing this movies ahead of almost any competition...
movies like this will not cross your eyes often, so go check it out.