A So-So Thriller with Supid Super Assassins

Rating: 5/10 (9 April 2012)

What makes this a weak movie is all the little and big things that didn't make a whole lot of sense.
1. At the beginning, the briefcase is left at the airport accidentally which makes sense if Neeson is a normal Joe, but this is his important lecture, so there's no way he'd leave it at the airport. But once we know his secret, it makes even less sense.
2. When he does find out that he left the briefcase, his wife is like 40 feet away, a normal person would tell his wife in person that he left the suitcase at the airport and he would go and get it. In the movie, he leaves unexpectedly and tries to call her and of course gets no cell reception -- false suspense.
3. At the first car chase, the taxi girl should be driving -- she knows the streets and has clocked multiple miles driving vs Neeson. Why does Neeson drive? Because he's the star.
4. It's Thanksgiving and a Sunday -- which is impossible. This was the rationale for not being able to contact the US Embassy and his buddy in the US. How convenient.
5. After all those dead bodies in the hospital, don't you think the police would believe his story about a conspiracy? You'd think Neeson would go to the police after that.
6. The Stasi agent seemed to give up too easily. Doesn't he have any friends he can hide out with? He knew what was coming, so he could have left. I was actually waiting for him to show the airport photo to Cole and have Cole deny that the man at the airport was Martin Harris.
7. Having Neeson recover the briefcase at the airport. Um, those super spies with massive resources and lots of fake ids can't recover one briefcase from an airport lost and found? The movie makers wanted this so Neeson would have access to fake ids.
8. After breaking multiple necks and multiple car crashes, they have to stage an accidental overdose for Neeson? WTF, just shoot him in the head and dump his body. The mission is not low profile anymore.
9. The head spy dies with his eyes closed to prove that he's a bad ass and resigned himself to death. Ugh. I would at least prefer that his eyes remained open.
10. Movie amnesia. Two knocks on the head restores lost memories. That is so wrong and so stereotypical. Not only that, but early on, he fights incompetently until he recovers his memory. His driving skills were superb though. They should take a lesson from Bourne Identity which seemed more realistic.