Go see the movie!

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2009)

This was the best mix of action/suspense I have seen in a long time. Liam Neeson is phenomenal in this movie, his dialog delivery is awesome; when he calmly tells the kidnapper of his daughter that he will find him and kill him, there was no reason not to believe him. But without a doubt the absolute best thing about this movie was that Neeson was not a typical Hollywood hero or good guy, never once did he stand over a helpless antagonist and magnanimously "I won't kill you, that would make me as bad as you"; he kills them alright, he shoots them in the back and tortures them to death to extract information, something I would expect the loving father of a kidnapped daughter to do.
The only faux-pas by the film was casting a 25 year old Maggie Grace as a 17 year old girl. Her running around prancing in teenager dresses and affecting a fake case of pigeon toes was kind of disturbing.
But overall one of the best films I've seen in recent years.