A love movie for guys

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2008)

This movie never stops. It is a relentless film about a father determined not to loose his daughter. In the opening this is in the form of quitting his job and life to be closed to her and her new family, however it is when she becomes the victim of some very bad guys overseas that his determination becomes raw for all to see. Definitely a violent movie along the lines of "A History Of Violence" and Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" series. Liam Neeson kicks butt and takes numbers through the entire movie and riding on audience empathy for his situation spares no one. Unlike many kidnap movies where the father-turned-rescuer is usually a regular man driven to extraordinary circumstances, here is an extraordinary man driven to an ordinary life that gets pulled back into what he does best, killing bad guys. In this sense the movie really rides the same wave as "A History of Violence" and if you like either one of them you are likely to like the other. Unlike "A History..." however, this film feels faster and reaches deeper into your guts. Like some other person said, the fastest 93 minutes you'll spend.