Average script and acting cannot prevent 8 * review SHOCKER!!

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2008)

OK, here goes.
You need to get past some poor direlogue and cheesy moments/acting in the first half of this film, as the moment the daughter is "Taken" is the moment this film will start to knock your socks off.
Liam Neeson makes for a very good 70's style hero, although the accent waivers. Cant believe he passed himself off as a french policeman speaking in English in a Irish/American accent when he goes undercover in a scene, but thats the scripts fault not his.
Other actors range from competent to annoying (Daughter...) but nevertheless, this film has fight scenes that are sharp, realistic, nasty and well edited.
Kudo's to the sound designer who makes every punch and neck crack painful!! Best action movie for a long while.