"Taken" shows Mills as a one-man rescue squad, a master of every skill, a laser-eyed, sharpshooting, pursuit-driving, pocket-picking, impersonating, knife-fighting, torturing, karate-fighting killing machine who can cleverly turn over a petrol tank with one pass in his car and strategically ignite it with another. Oh, yes, and it turns out that he's a former CIA agent.
How this man and his daughter could hope to leave France on a commercial flight doesn't speak highly of the French police. On the one hand, it's preposterous. On the other hand, it's very well-made.
The movie proves two things. (1) Liam Neeson can bring undeserved credibility to most roles just by playing them, and (2) Luc Besson, the co-writer, whose actioner-assembly line produced this film, turns out high-quality trash.
It's not great, but it's great fun.
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