A Very Unusually Unique Thriller/Action Movie

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2009)

This was a pleasant change to the ordinary plot line that this genre usually calls for.
This movie had me at the edge of my seat from start to finish. It is one of those vengeance movies where the audience is left with a great satisfaction after the villain is slayed.
Just like all feel good movies you need to have a wider range of imagination when dealing with the plot... such as, when the protagonist is fighting a million villains... needless to say, he will prevail.
Nevertheless, I thought this was a good thriller and action movie. It felt as if all the characters involved had substance to them. Not like your usual thriller. Obviously, this is not a very deep and emotional movie but given the constraints I felt that Neeson gave a very good performance, at least what his character called for. Everyone pretty much painted a very clear picture of the characters except maybe for the step dad. I felt that his character was too empty. But then, this is a thriller, and after such a nice hour and a half, I might be asking for too much.