A tutorial on how action-thrillers should be made!

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 2009)

In case you are a movie buff: when you watch any movie, within the first 10-15 minutes you will most likely get a feeling about the level of satisfaction it is going to provide you thereafter. After watching this movie I thought of it as an adrenalin-fueled revenge flick from French Director Pierre Morel which is even better than all James Bond and Bourne film series put together in terms of pure entertainment value.
TAKEN could easily have become a cliché film like so many we have seen before. However, Liam Neeson plays his character of 'an ex-CIA agent who is determined to find his daughter at all costs' with such finesse and elegance that you will find an unbelievable freshness in the way the movie unfolds and in its execution. After watching him play the role of Oscar Schindler in SCHINDLER'S LIST, it's simply incredible to imagine him playing the role of a retired CIA-agent and that too with perfection. I still have Goosebumps when I see the part in which he talks with the kidnapper and says: "I don't know who you are, but if you don't let my daughter go, I will find you and then I will kill you..GOODLUCK"- I just LOVE it.
I strongly recommend TAKEN to everyone even if you have little interest in action-thrillers or Neeson. So fasten your seat belts and get ready for the fastest 93 minutes ride of your life. You are going to enjoy every second of it. 9/10 without any doubt!