Sunday, April 19, 2009

Taken

"I don't know who you are. I don't know where you are. But if you do not let my daughter go, I will find you. I will kill you." Straightforward action, clean cut and no fuss till you wonder how can it be possible. Liam Neeson as Brian, a retired agent who relocated to be near her daughter, trying hard to rebuild the relationship. Maggie Grace, as Kim was the daughter, now I remember where I saw her before ! She was from the series LOST !

He was surprised when she asked her out for lunch. Truth was, she was below 18, needing him to sign some papers so that she can go to France with her cuz. She also bluffed him that this was actually an art tour, anyway he found out they were chasing U2 around Europe and agreed in the need.

Since it was straightforward no fuss, the girls got into trouble immediately out of the airport. Shared cab with some guy, he dropped them first so to know where they stayed. The girls went up the apartments, just after a while. The baddie came and got the cuz, Kim was in the toilet talking to Brian, as was supposed to call him back daily. She was very scared from that moment, but since Brian was the "almost replaced Tom Cruise in MI series but because of his look" and "almost replaced Matt Damon in Bourne series but because of his age", he taught her step by step what to do.

Bo bian she will be caught but wanted her to provide as much information. So hiding under the bed, the baddie managed to talk loud enough for Brian to get it recorded and also she shouted all possible signs of clues on the baddie physical appearance. Baddie had to get tattoo and must be in visible place, if not you are not a baddie. He repeated the first 2 lines on top when the baddie picked up the mobile phone. Trick was making him to speak into the phone, any words will do. Anyway, he said "Good Luck".

Then came all the hiong hiong MI and Bourne stuff. Brian send across the recorded voice to his friend Sam and from his home, he was able to tell Brian who were the baddie, what they do, how much time he have. Then he flew down and went to crime scene, found nothing much but the memory card on Kim smashed mobile. Left, went to some card reader machine, browse through the card, saw a picture they took, by that airport guy ... His blurred and pixelated image was reflected in something as he took the picture. But this was as clear as HD to a MI/Bourne guy.

Airport couldn't help much as he was lorried as Brian chased him down. So he went to his french police friend for help, he told him not to make trouble.

Gave him some information like where are the places to find the Albanians, the ones who behind the kidnapping.

These Al"same"nians are just the tool used to catch the girls, as he checked, there are more than meet the eyes. His friend was involved too, taking bribes.

He found the Al HQ, went in, impersonating a local police. Plan was to find the actual guy who said "Good Luck". After a short and quite convincing TCSS, they believed him, gave him the $$$. And also made the guy say"Good Luck". His DSP processing told him it was him, so he wiped them out.

In the end, LOST girl didn't get lost this time. Brian saved her after killing a dozens of baddie with no weapon. He might be KungFu Panda as well. 7/10

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