Topic: Taken - starring Liam Neeson

[MysterD]

Anyone seen the previews from this movie with Liam Neeson called Taken?

The trailer is basically one whole scene from the movie where Neeson's daughter is about to get kidnapped; he gives her instructions as what to do; she gets kidnapped; and Neeson lays down the law as to what he will do to the kidnappers if they don't follow his own demands.

Damn -- that was a good trailer. I hope the movie's as good as the trailer.

[nickclone]

I saw this and I liked it a lot, unfortunately it started off very slow so I had to try and stay awake.

[scottws]

Looks awesome.  Gotta love Liam Neeson.

[iPPi]

I saw this -- was a really good movie.. the ending was a little disappointing though.

[Xessive]

It was alright, the ending was a little underwhelming though.

[MysterD]

Liked it namely b/c of the action and all, but was disappointed with this overall.

First off, too short at its own good -- at 1 hr 25 mins and all. Not enough time to develop some of the characters to make you care about them and have any some of emotion. Plot was way too paper-thin for its own good, as well.

The intro stuff about Liam, the daughter, the separation (b/t him and his wife and her new husband) was pretty good. You cared about this ordeal b/c....gosh, they actually spent time with it.

Movie was unfortunately for the most part predictable as all hell. It goes through more action flick cliches and stereotypes than I can shake a stick at....
MOVIE SPOILERS

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1. Crooked cowardice French cop that basically "goes with the flow"? Check!
2. Dude runs onto the highway...and you know he's gonna get hit by the car? Check!
3. Friend (Amanda) gets killed so the writer tries to make a statement about a topic (in this case, human trafficking) and you don't care about it b/c they don't spend much time with that character? Check!
4. Rich Arab character portrayed basically as one of the main evil characters? Check!

I got to admit, Liam was way better than the movie was. He was awesome. And the action sequences kicked ass.

Unfortunately, they forgot the rest of the flick...