Holds up

Rating: 9/10 (14 September 2018)

Watched it for the 3 time in the 10 years (hard to believe it has been that long!) that it's been out. It really does hold up as a pure action movie. If you're looking for deep meaning or subverting your expectations, look elsewhere.
Casting Neeson in this role must have been an odd choice at the time. I mean, Oskar Schindler is going to open a can of whoop ass on a bunch Euros? But, I can't imagine the phone conversation that gets the plot rolling played by any of the more usual suspects cast in action roles.
The pacing is great. The action sequences are pretty standard fare in the post-Bourne era. Revenge/rescue is a tried and true plot for an action movie. Paris is a visually interesting backdrop and the bad guys have no redeeming qualities so there is no need to feel guilty when they routinely get turned into pulp.
Also, if you have a teen daughter, by all means watch it with her. Not to scare her about going to Europe, but more to remind her to listen to dad's wisdom (and to scare her about strangers when going to Europe).