Taken: 60-second movie review

I'll not give anything away in this review, other than high praise for Liam Neeson and whoever wrote this movie. I watched it while Teresa and her mom were out shopping and Sam was sleeping. At 94 minutes, it's not very long, but Taken definitely keeps you entertained and engrossed. For those of you who don't know, Taken is about a former US-government agent who is hunting to find his kidnapped daughter.

There were four (4) major reasons I loved this movie. Here they are, in no particular order:

1. Liam Neeson is a bad-ass. Not only is he a bad-ass, he's a convincing bad-ass. At times I felt he had no soul, and that's just plain awesome in this type of movie.
   
2. The stupid factor is very low. This is mostly because Neeson is such a hard-core killer. Granted, this is Hollywood, so there are some spots where you question the validity of what's happening, but you can't expect to have a stupid-free movie these days.
3. As a new father, I understand Neeson's devotion to his daughter. At several points in the movie, I felt a fatherly pride in what Neeson was doing.
   
4. This movie makes fun of France and French people. I wholeheartedly agree with this theme.

In all, I'd say Taken was as good as, if not better than, Man on Fire. You can definitely make comparisons between Denzel and Neeson, and they are pretty good comparisons, for the most part. I'd give Taken 3 1/2 stars out of 4.