sigh ...

Rating: 4/10 (12 May 2009)

OK, OK, i know it's an action flick, an American james bond as it were, and as long as that is all you're expecting it works ... somewhat. from my perspective it was disappointing because there was no depth in the plot. nothing was unexpected, moreover it was predictable. i don't especially like happy endings and i was so hopeful this film would take a bad turn at the end and it COULD HAVE had a really sinister twist - i wanted the girl's stepfather to have ultimately been identified as a major cog in the human trafficking thing - but alas, it did not, making my disappointment a reality. another quick thing, the "plot" was so transparent in how it played to American political interests and fear mongering vis-a-vis mideast politics, making the sheik the bad guy and neeson the American hero was so weak ... i'm tired of all that kind of pandering in films.