Not bad, not as good as i expected

Rating: 5/10 (6 March 2011)

The title says it all to be honest. It's not hard to tell the general outcome of the movie just by watching the trailers, and as other people have pointed out by watch the Bourne movies. I saw the trailer for this in January and have been looking forward to seeing it since. So after seeing it at the cinema last night, what can i say about it? As far as psychological thrillers go it's fairly tame. For the first half of the movie your given a fairly blank canvas to work with, and then it decides to turn in to an action movie. The car chase is good, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't change the fact it made me cringe and just say, 'what are you doing..?'. Films based on this kind seem to becoming more popular over recent years with the latest work of art being 'Shutter Island'. As i was watching i kind of wished it was more like the style of said movie, however it seemed a bit more generic and 'plastic-y' for my liking. So apart from the dull story that has already been given away by the trailers, the (in my opinion) over dramatic acting from Liam Neeson as always, what else can i say about this movie? Two specific things really bugged me, first, you don't defibrillate a person in standing water, it's just going to scar and burn their back if not kill them. Second, i thought we had got rid of 'exploding cars' when the Bond movies died out? It's 2011, we know that a van hitting the floor, no matter how hard, is not going to explode, so why bother? That being said, all mostly negative, the movie does have its moments and there wasn't any point where i felt bored of the film. It's worth a watch, although i don't think i'll be rushing out to buy it on DVD.