Taken

from my 100 Popular Movies Marathon, part 8 of 100



Taken, 2008. A retired spy hunts his daughter's kidnappers.

Directed by Pierre Morel. Written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen. Starring Liam Neeson.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 3/4 (Good). Neeson has been doing the Action Hero thing for so long now, sometimes I forget that he used to be an Oscar-winning actor.
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). There's a lot that's good about it. But in the end, action movies should be fun. And this is a movie about sex trafficking, which, go figure, is kind of a downer.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.2/4 (Okay)