New Movie Reviews- Taken

Ok it's time to update this blog with some new movie reviews. Let's get started.



It is what it is. I hate clichés, but I can't think of another way to describe Taken. It's a 93-minute cliché. It's an action movie that tries to add drama through a plot where a father attempts to track down his daughter's kidnappers. That's it. What makes an action movie great are twists. Taken doesn't have any. It's as straightforward as action films get. Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a retired spy who missed out on most of his daughter's childhood. Now, with a year before she goes to college, he is hoping to reconnect with her. She wants to go to Paris for the summer with a friend instead. The opening act tries to show us the disconnect between Mills and his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). It's mildly effective, but Grace's bad acting detracts from each scene. Grace is too old, 25, for the part of a 17-year-old girl. She's not believable and tries so hard to play down to the role. It was a poor casting choice.........Two stars out of five.