Taken

Rating: 8.2/10
Genre: Action
Overall value for money and time: 8.2/10

A former agent must save his kidnapped daughter from being sold to the slave trade in Paris within the next 96 hours before all hope of finding her is lost. This movie reminiscence previous blockbusters like the Bourne Trilogy as well as the Transporter Trilogy, and has the same "rawness" of The Brave One and Death Sentence in it. The greatest difference between this movie and the mentioned films is that there are no rules in this movie. The protagonist is not portrayed as the "perfect" lead, he breaks conventional stereotypes of the "hero" being all magnaminous and sparing the bad thugs' lives. In this movie, anyone who crosses his path dies. One can easily relate to his plight, and his love for his daughter. The pace of the movie spirals into seat gripping action sequences once the characters had been sufficiently developed; the director wasted no time in boring you with unnecessary character developments. Similar to Bourne and The Transporter, the protagonist was virtually "invincible", yet the director didn't make the fight too one-sided. Do catch the movie to find out more. The plot is predictable, but the cinematography was beautifully orchestrated and the acting was top notch. Easily one of the top films of the year.