Great Action Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2009)

Taken was a good action thriller. It's the type of movie where you cheer the hero and boo the villains. My father recommended this movie and called it "Old Bourne - The movie they made if Bourne had retired and had a 17 year old daughter" It was so good that I watched the 2nd half again, straight after watching it the first time. If you liked Bourne I whole heartily recommend this movie.
I use IMDb often to get a feel for whether a movie is worth spending the dollars to see at the cinema or wait for the DVD release. When the score from the Users ratings is really low I don't even bother with that. But when I truly enjoy a movie, I always find it amusing to read the "hated it" section of the User reviews. Why? It confirms my belief there are people out there with pushing some radical view point or have very narrow views on what is acceptable.
This is very obvious in the reviews with Taken. In the "Hated it Section" you have the guy who is anti-American", the reviewer who is anti-violence, someone else who took offense just because some of the bad guys were eastern European and another who completely doesn't understand that review rating is controlled by the number of viewers who liked or disliked the movie, but berates IMDb & the majority of reviewers for not agreeing with his point of view. OK, you didn't like it, but please respect other reviewers opinions.
The main character, Bryan Mills was right when he told his daughter, "I know the world, sweetie." Because he knew there are people out there that have different agendas and values to those held by average middle class westerner. Which is the whole point of the story and is evident by some reviewers hostility.
Good movie, watch it.