"Taken" by Pierre Morel with Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen

This is an action movie where Liam Neeson, of all people, is a total killing machine, that spreads mayhem in Paris so unrealistically, that makes you wonder how an actor, of Liam's caliber, didn't throw the script in the waste basket when he read it the first time. Maybe he needed the money, "who's to know" as an old Americanised Egyptian colleague of mine used to say, whenever he didn't know the answer, which was very very often, to a business problem. Liam, was totally out of place as was his lame acting. There were some good one liners but Liam's delivery, always one click too late, made them sound ridiculous.

This movie would have been better served if Jason Statham (see photo right) was in it, in lieu of Liam, you know Jason of the "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", "Snatch", "Collateral", "Bank Job" fame.

Rating 2 out of 5