Good Action and Thriller - Worth Watching.

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2008)

I just had an inkling as to what this would be about and nothing else. So going to watch this was a total surprise and more watching Holly Valance, who I had last seen in the Australian TV soap "Neighbours" all those years back.
A former spy, who is separated from his wife, allows his 17 year old daughter to go to Paris with her friend, believing that she is going to watch the group "U2" performing in Europe. But soon finds out that she's been kidnapped.
Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Holly Valance, the movie is directed by Pierre More and is written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.
Besides being a good action / thriller, this also deals with what has been on the increase over the last few years and that is women trafficking through Europe with organised gangs and also shows the internal sides of this with the use of drugs and how women are sold into prostitution. Off course there are other methods that the organised gangs have been known to use but this just shows how easy it is for them to trap women into this. This is what Pierre More has really highlighted extremely well and even goes on to show that this can happen in the most romantic city in the world, Paris. It makes one think that about these women, working they way they do, what many consider to be the oldest profession in the world, what is their original back ground and how they have managed to reach in cities such as the red light districts of Amsterdam and other major cities as well as being sold to wealthy individuals.
There are some very good action sequences and some are breath taking as well, not to mention that use of sophisticated gadgets may make one remember a bit of James Bond.
Filmed in France, this does contain topic of sexual and drugs related nature as well as violence in relation to that and many may find some scenes rather distressing. Therefore watch out for parental advice, or, the certificate rating. But never the less, this is a movie that does contain good action and is worth watching.