Taken a.k.a "The Bourne Ol-Daddy" a.k.a "How to make a kick-ass movie with an old guy"

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2009)

You know,those times when you are not ready for something, and it kind of hits you,like a sucker-punch, and you are like "WTF???!!!" Well this movie was kinda similar to that, but in a good, almost AWESOME way!!!.My friend lent me some of his newly purchased dvds so i could check out my new HTS.I started this flick and, as one one of the IMDb users has commented "these were one of the fastest 93 minutes of my life" Sure, it feels like Commando 2008 without the muscles. Sure, it isn't as good as the Bourne movies.Sure, it will anger people of some nationalities who will cry "STEREOTYPE!". Sure, Liam Neeson's accent breaks up sometimes.Sure,. the plot sometimes may be unpalatable to some.Sure, some, will cry themselves hoarse about PG-13 rating for a movie with torture scenes. But the fact that the villains in the movie are human traffickers overwhelms the fact that these characters are people.So to see their limbs beings broken, their necks being snapped,their faces being shot at,their appendages being impaled with nails and then tortured with electricity,etc. etc. AUTOMATICALLY becomes EXTREMELY enjoyable! Also the fact that the (nearly sexagenarian) Mr.Liam Neeson does all the ass-kicking in such an awesome manner it makes you wanna scream "@#%$ THAT @#$%$ UP!!!" right there in the theater. It's like he looked at all the lame-assed action roles that he had done so far(dark-man,star wars etc), and thought "the next time i get an action role, I'm gonna RIP that $%$E$@#$-%$&@$& UP!!!". He is really effective for a vengeful character especially in a scene when he is talking over the phone with his daughter, his rage seems to boil onto the screen. So far the oldie action men had done only a vaguely satisfying in the past few years (Bruce Willis, Stallone, Ford), but Liam BLOWS THEM AWAY!The only few downers in this movie are the poorly directed gun-fight scenes, the contrived plot and some plot devices that seem unimportant or are left hanging, like the pop-star and the hair in the mirror. Fox Seems to have dragged their feet over releasing this one, but if you want to watch this excellent movie, YOU should DEFINITELY NOT,. Catch this one on 30th January.