worth watching

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2011)

The only reason I downgraded it two stars is that the director was too cute on many of his choices. Grainy footage, or flashback scenes, or quick cuts. So, from a merely technical viewpoint, it was a headache for me. But, the story? Wonderful. The actors? I am a Liam Neeson fan (even "Next of Kin," which is a sad sad movie), so I was happy to see him in this movie. The plot? Easy to follow and easy to be excited. There are plenty of twists and turns and not as many red herrings as I thought there would be. Red herrings? You know, where the director throws in a possible good guy that becomes the bad guy, or the bad guy that winds up being the good guy, or some other silly plot device. The director stayed away from these, gave us the outline of the story, and followed Liam as he chases down the bad guys. Nice and simple. The way an action-thriller should be.