No, it's not as good as TAKEN

Rating: 6/10 (18 February 2011)

Despite what some critics say, this is not anywhere near as good as Liam Neeson's action/thriller from last year, TAKEN. This film takes a long time to get going and, unfortunately, when it finally does we don't care all that much because Neeson's character remains essentially an unknown and the plot twist renders him somewhat unsympathetic. In fact, "the twist" really left me cold. I no longer felt emotionally concerned with Neeson's character beyond wanting him to succeed in order to prevent innocent people from being hurt.
Although Neeson is good, Bruno Ganz steals the show as an ex-Stasi (East German secret police) officer turned private investigator who tries to help Neeson's amnesiac character find out why someone's impersonating him. Diana Kruger is OK, too, but it's laughable to believe someone who looks like her (she played Helen of Troy for heaven's sake!) would be a taxi driver in Berlin, even if she were an illegal immigrant. All told, this is a fairly run-of-the-mill action thriller.