I thought it was brilliant.

Rating: 8/10 (8 April 2013)

TAKEN
I thought this was brilliant.
I always avoided watching this. I always felt the Liam Neeson was not a great actor, but this is his best role by far that I have seen. He has made some other good films, but I never expected he could pull off an action role.
This film is about an ex CIA agent who has retired to be near his daughter. She then goes to Paris to follow U2 and get's kidnapped. The kidnappers intend to drug her, pimp her and then sell her. Liam goes in for the rescue.
This film gave me so many emotions. I really got into it. Whether that be because I have 2 daughters myself or not I don't know. Firstly, I felt so sorry for him at the beginning of the film. All he wants is to spend some time with his daughter, but he doesn't seem to get the chance. At her birthday he got left behind because her new stepdad, who is rich, just outdid him with presents and party etc... Then there was Liams ex wife played by Famke Janssen. Oh my god... she made me so angry. She was such a bitch at the beginning of the movie.
Then when he went to Paris to save his daughter, I was really on edge... I didn't know if he was going to be too late. There were s many girls that they had kidnapped and sold etc that he was having a hard time. With films like these you never know if the daughter could have lived or died... she could easily have died and he would go for revenge, or she could have easily lived and he would just rescue her. It was a good, on the edge of your seat thriller.
The acting was really good by everyone. The story was a typical search and rescue story, but it is a very good story to tell.
There were a few bits in the movie which made me question things. I know he is an ex CIA agent, but where did he get all the equipment he used. There was one scene where he saves a random girl from the drug dealer/pimp guys, because she could have information about his daughter... he helped her by having a drip set up in his hotel room, needles and everything else to make her better. He made the room look like a hospital. haha. Where did he get all that stuff from?
I will give this film 8 out of 10.
I really enjoyed it... and it changed my mind about what Liam Neeson can do.
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