Lame from Liam

Rating: 5/10 (20 February 2011)

So I went into this movie expecting to have a really good time, after all the movie was rated in the 8s when I entered and critics were generally raving about it. What I saw was a lame concoction of the bourne identity, the saint, and taken, put together in a blender, with a sprinkle of predictable, and a whole bunch of lame acting. Don't get me wrong, Liam played his role very well, but the whole plot around him was too recycled and the dialog was mundane. January Jones acted exactly the same as she does in Mad Men, in which I think she plays the cold, naive, clueless wife role very well. Well, it doesn't work in all shows or movies, Jan. And Diane Kruger, whom I actually like, was also disappointing, and her case was not helped with the weakness of the dialog she had. Then there is your typical cheap thriller movies plot holes, characters that add little to no value, and unnecessary long "you're going to die" scenes.
If you have nothing to do on an evening, and you happen to be in the theater, and you're in the mood to NOT think, and there is nothing else to watch, then I guess this movie is watchable. Go in there with no expectations and you might actually enjoy yourself. But this movie is nowhere near Taken, the Bourne Identity, or even The Saint, for that matter.