"...I have sskillllllllssszzzzzzzzzzz......"

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2009)

Computer skills? Language skills? Math skills? The unintentionally funny line that I heard on the TV screen of coming attractions at Blockbuster made me want to rent this and see if that was just a one-time blunder. Nope. It wasn't plausible in any way and reminded me rather of a violent Lifetime movie. And that isn't a complete euphemism, I mean the casting and acting reminded me of Lifetime. I kept thinking, "why did Liam Neeson agree to do this? Didn't he learn from 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'?" I guess at the end of the day, it's all about paying the bills so you can live next month (or maybe in his case, the next YEAR). His daughter was way too old to be playing a convincing teenager. The karaoke machine vs. pony-for-a-birthday present is so played-out. His friends don't look like anything bouncers/security dudes at all (especially Leland Orser). Not to mention that they're so well-mannered when they're kicking back drinking and barbecuing- no swearing or anything! So far-fetched about tracing the bad guys voice over a cell phone. And shooting the French detective's wife- are we still supposed to root for this guy? He just shot an innocent woman. Is this to show us how "tough" and "ruthless" he is? Liam Neeson is no Bruce Willis or Steven Seagal (and I'm saying that because those guys are a helluva lot more convincing as action heroes than Neeson). But, oh well. I know there's an audience for this movie: look how much G#@damn money it made.
Brace yourself for a franchise.