Taken

I have been a fan of Liam Neeson since I saw him as Dr. Jerome Lovell in Nell* in 1994 with Jodie Foster. Since then I enjoyed him as Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey*, Daniel in Love Actually*, Priest Vallon in Gangs of New York, Mikhail Polenin in K-19: The Widowmaker, and Jean Valjean in Les Miserables*, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Rob Roy in Rob Roy*, Martin Brogan in High Spirits (which is less known but an all time favorite of mine), and last but not least...Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List*. So I was somewhat surprised to see that he was starring in Taken, yet another retread of a tired plot: military guy who single-handedly goes after the bad guys after they kidnap (and or kill) one or all of his family. You know, Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme, lots of action, lots of violence, and so forth and so on.... need I say more about this flick? If you must see this story played out yet again... rent.

Check it out...* these films are all available at the Nesmith Library.

Poster courtesy of MSN Movies