Slap-a-thug

Rating: Null/10 (21 March 2012)

So the thing about Liam Neeson is he has a very special set of skills. One of them being acting, unfortunately he doesn't always choose the best movies. Well, maybe financially Taken was a good decision, but I think he could do better. Taken is the story of a man in pursuit of his daughter who has been kidnapped to be used as a sex slave. Liam Neeson plays the father, an ex-super secret blah blah blah that can kick any ones ass and take a beating without it really showing. As much as most people liked it I didn't see anything particularly remarkable in this film. Shaky action movie camera work and one liners don't always do it for me. Sure the movie had a certain amount of entertainment, unfortunately due to the lighting you can barely see any of it. Which may be for the best because I would have gotten tired of seeing Neeson using his "special set of skills" to slam Euro-thugs for two hours straight. To me this movie is nothing new, nothing innovative, and not well executed enough to make up for it's unoriginality.