For those who have not heard of it, Taken stars Liam Neeson. Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace are in it as well, but if you’re thinking of watching the movie for them, know that they’re in a combined total of about 20 minutes.
It’s very much Liam Neeson’s movie.
I’m not going to go into the plot, other than to say that Neeson is some kind of ex-Government operative who is forced to use his training to deal with a Very Bad Situation.
What I am going to say though is that the comparisons between Neeson’s character Bryan and Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne (from The Bourne Identity) are fair.
But I would say an even fairer comparison would be that Bryan is what Bourne and Jack Bauer’s lovechild would turn out like.
If you’re on the fence over whether to see it, know that it gets a double thumbs-up from me. I only hope they can come up with a reason to revisit the character, or get Neeson to do some more action films before he’s too old to be believable. Having really great acting in an action film is not necessary, but can be amazing.
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