Sunny Deol, I owe you an apology

Rating: 1/10 (5 May 2009)

Sunny Deol, I owe you an apology!!
When I saw you in Gadar single handedly fighting the entire Pakistani Army, I thought, Gadar did not deserve that much praise and money as it earned. Until I saw Taken.
SPOILERS ***************************************************** Taken is a Hollywood's reply to Bollywood. The basic premise is same - get a loved one (of "weaker" sex) captured by bad guys, then have our hero go overseas, fight the enemies and bring back the girl. Add to it, some mushy crap like a divorced father, a daughter who dumps a cheap gift by biological father over an expensive gift given by step dad, a teenager who has the latest phone but still is old fashioned enough to have a map in her bag with the journey route clearly marked on the map carelessly stashed in the bag so that dad can find it.
The entire movie is just an exercise to show the superhero antics of a middle aged Liam Neeson, who is intelligent than the entire Paris police crew. The enemies are stupid enough to trust a French police officer who speaks impeccable English with an American accent. If it is not the Russians, these time it is the Albanians and Arabs who are the bad guy. The hero breaks all the traffic rules to reach the target and yet not one police officer is able to catch him.
So if Taken can earn 8 stars on IMDb and generate millions of dollars in Box office revenue, why not Gadar?? If Liam Neeson can, why can't Sunny Deol?
Sorry again, Sunny!!