Taken

"I don't know who you are.  I don't know what you want.  If you are looking for ransom. I can tell you I don't have money.  But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career.  Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.  If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it.  I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.  But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."  When hearing that line, brilliantly spoken by the master of stage and screen, Liam Neeson (a.k.a. Oskar Schindler), you know he means business.  In the new movie, Taken, the plot has no surprises, except for maybe one instance that I was surprised about, but won't give away.  Just because the plot doesn't shine in Taken doesn't make it a bad movie.  There are tons of awesome action moments, including an awesome scene involving a construction site.  The action looks very good, the special effects are unnoticeable, bad effects can distract you from the action.  Of course Neeson gives a stellar performance.  I started thinking that Liam Neeson's character might end up to be some supernatural force, plowing through people without a scratch on his body, but by the end of the movie you learn, Liam Neeson is able to bleed.  What I trying to say is, Liam Neeson is opening a can of what some people like to call, whoopass.  The producer of this movie is Luc Besson, who produced the Transporter movies, Taken is far superior to any of of them.  This movie has already been released in other countries for almost a year, and has already made back its budget, but I doesn't mean you shouldn't see it.  Although if you don't see it you may receive a phone call from Liam Neeson saying, "If you see Taken now, that will be the end of it.  I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.  But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

Taken - 3.5 out of 4 (Although I would like to give this movie a 4, unfortunately I can't because of the lackluster plot)

-Zach