Watch Liam Neeson take out the bad guys

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2009)

(Synopsis) Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) retired from the CIA as a black ops field agent so he could be close to and reconnect with his 17-year old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). Kim wants to go to Paris with a friend, but she must get her father's permission to leave the country. Bryan knows how dangerous the world is and doesn't want her to go, but he reluctantly gives his consent when she turns on her tears. He gives her a cell phone and wants her to call him everyday. After just arriving in Paris, Kim is talking on the phone with her father when she sees that several men have broken into the apartment and have grabbed her friend. Bryan tells her to hide under the bed and when they grab her, to yell out anything she can identify about the men. Bryan talks to one of the kidnappers and warns him to let his daughter go. "But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." The kidnapper replies with "Good Luck."
(My Comment) The movie covers the topic of young women being kidnapped by Albanian sex traffickers who hook them on drugs and sell them into prostitution. Using his CIA contacts, Bryan learns that Marco is the man he was talking to on the phone, and that he only has a maximum of 96 hours to find Kim, before she is never heard from again. Bryan flies to Paris and is in a race against time to find Kim. He uses all his skills to track her kidnappers down, and when he finds one, he extracts information and takes out his retribution. Liam Neeson is the good guy who will not stop for anything to find his daughter. You will love his character seeking revenge and feel for him while he is doing it. The best line in the movie is the line when Bryan is talking on the phone to Marco, because that is what any parent would want to say to any kidnapper. There is non-stop action after Bryan arrives in Paris. The hand to hand action is nicely done. The story is straightforward with no plot twists and predictable, but it doesn't matter. It will hold your interest and enjoyable to watch him take out the bad guys. (20th Century Fox, Run Time 1:34, Rated PG-13) (8/10)