The most anticipated event is the release of Taken 2. It will be out on the 5th of October here in Ireland. I can't wait.
I should have suspected that I would like Taken when it was released. Liam Neeson was the star. Luc Besson was one of the writers and one of the producers. But I didn't. The movie came as a complete (and delightful) surprise.
Neeson is superb as the father out to rescue his daughter - a single-minded and unstoppable force of retribution.
Great script. Great fights. Great action sequences.
Here is what Neeson's character says to the kidnapper on the phone early in the movie: "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'll 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."
My rating: 8.5/10
