Taken

G and I went to this movie for Valentine’s Day. It isn’t your typical romantic V day flick, but we both loved it.

I haven’t seen many of Liam Neeson’s movies, but he blew me away with Taken. I didn’t know he could be such a cool bad a**. The most recent movie I have seen with him in it was Love Actually, which is to say the least, different from Taken.

This is definitely an action movie. There are a few funny parts. The story line really made me think about those who would buy and sell other human beings. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who might read this, so I won’t go into detail about my favorite parts. The part that sticks most in my mind is the one with the French cop and his wife. There was also a part towards the end that I was glad to see some realism added to it. This was the part where Liam is running towards the boat.

I only have three complaints. First, the part that they show in the previews where he is talking to the kidnappers on the phone seemed really slow to me. Like Liam said his lines really slow, which I suppose could be interpreted as him speaking very forcefully and deliberately, but it just didn’t read that way to me. I think the scene demanded a bit more urgency. Second, I think there could have been a bit more background music during the fights. Maybe this is just conditioning from watching other action movies, but sometimes the lack of music seemed to distract from the action, instead of adding to it. Its almost like the fight scenes weren’t important enough to be highlighted with action music. Third, some of the fight scenes happened so fast, I couldn’t tell what was going on. I would have appreciated some parts to be filmed in slow motion so I could see who was hitting who.

I would say if you like action movies, then go see this one.

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars