Liam lifts it!!!

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2009)

I didn't have many expectations but the film was surprisingly good due mainly to Liam Neeson's acting. Any other actor may not have brought the intelligence and ferocity of his character. Even though it was a short 93 minutes I thought emotionally it matched the movement of the plot of his character having only 96 hours to find his daughter. Sure there were lots of plot points where things just went his way and more things could've been thrown in his way but either way I think I would've felt satisfied with the ending.
This film is definitely Luc Besson's creation. His sensibility is evident and reminisces of his other work "Transporter" series, "Kiss of the Dragon", "The Fifth Element", "Point of No Return", "The Professional" etc. Well made movies with great movement, economical with the acting and not saccharine.