"They took his daughter. He'll take their lives"

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2012)

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution.
"It's fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous. But the surprise wears off quickly."
"The action is engaging but rarely exciting; the drama heftier but still far from convincing."
"Don't be taken in by Taken."
These are critics AKA the people who take movies too seriously. Taken was great in terms of action and story-telling, with some interesting underlying themes, and I greatly enjoyed it. I almost couldn't wait to see how people enjoyed it, and I got what I wanted, until I saw how the critics reacted... This is a movie, "unrealistic" violence and un- satisfaction doesn't make it a bad movie. The movie, sure, had some plot holes but just a couple doesn't make the film bad. Critics rave films such as Evil Dead and some other films I didn't enjoy that much, purely because they thought they were great in terms of artistic and cleverness. Well, sorry, some movies can be pardoned purely for what they're made for, pure entertainment. Sorry if I'm getting preachy, and this is the only review I do bashing critics, but sometimes they need to learn not everything is what they want. Taken, on the other hand, is highly recommendable. It's fast-paced and action-packed, never leaving the word 'boring' in your mind throughout. 9/10.