All You Need To Know About "Taken", The Movie

Official Tagline: The time for revenge has come.

Un-Official Tagline (Created by me): Don't you wish your dad was like this?

Short Summary:
1st half: Liam Neeson being a sweet, loving dad.
2nd half: Liam Neeson kicking ass and getting away with it.

My Opninion:
This was an extremely mediocre action flick. "Extremely mediocre" here being used in every sense of the phrase. It semi-satisfied the action-loving dude in me.

If you want a movie you don't have to think about, this is it. Although, it does prompt such thoughts as: "Hey! Where'd he get that?" or "Man, if I had access to that database, I would have aced my underwater basket weaving class!"

I don't have that much experience, but I think this movie super-misrepresents world traveling. There ARE good things about meeting new people when you travel... lots of good things. Just don't be stupid. If the "stupid" had been TAKEN out of this movie, it wouldn't have been a movie. So I suppose this film does teach a good lesson: don't be a stupid-American-teenage-girl traveler. All in all though, I think it was a bit excessive. Please don't get kidnapped in France to give your dad a chance to play Liam Neeson dress-up.

My Rating: 6/10

Final Verdict: If it's there, watch it. If it's not, don't waste your money.