Excellent Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2009)

Former gov't spy Bryan (Neeson) reluctantly lets his daughter Kim (Grace) go to Paris only to find out she has been taken upon landing by a gang specializing in prostitution. He flies to Paris to find her.
The pace of this movie and the caring win hands down. It is fast but not so fast you don't know what is going on and we care as well. We want Bryan to find his daughter no matter what it takes and there is no political correctness in here as witnessed by the torture scene. For a movie to get us to care so much in the beginning is unusual indeed and a compliment to Neeson and Grace as both exhibited exceptional chemistry.
This was perhaps the fastest hour and a half I have experienced in a long time. He knows his window of getting her back is small. As each obstacle rose up it was like I was pushing Bryan to get it over with quickly and on the next path to finding his daughter. It was almost interactive in that way. Cool. And, when he gets captured (he WHAT?) and about to be killed, I really didn't see a way out. But, I really believe sitting on the edge of the chair looking for an edge helped somewhat (Hmmmm).
There was one flaw I saw (there you go, ruining it now) and that was when the French Detective pulled a gun on Bryan not knowing the bullets had been removed. Any pro can tell if the gun is loaded with a clip of live bullets and holding a gun with a clip with no bullets. It's not as heavy. Everyone knows that (Hmmm..). But, hey this is the movies.
All in all an excellent thriller. The entire cast performed well. You know what is going to happen and you enjoy every fast NY minute of it.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No