Thursday, March 26, 2009

"Good luck"

... a challenge or a dare or a flippant response from underestimation?  As you like it but I wonder if Marko portrayed by Arben Bajraktaraj would have thought twice if he knew the consequence for his part in the taking of Bryan's (Liam Neeson) daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), would be fatal.  Fatal because Bryan was very serious, as any parent with a sense of urgency to rescue their child. from kidnappers. 

This was more though.  It was the collectedness of Liam Neeson's words that drove the premise of this movie...

"I don't know who you are.  I don't know what you want.  If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money.  But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career.  Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.  If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it.  I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.  But If you don't < class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Taken.  We knew his goal and we knew he was capable of achieving this goal

Like the premise, the story, the cast, the action, and being back in a theater with popcorn and a soft drink.  A night out after four days of intensive training for the census bureau - well deserved.  Worth the ticket, don't wait for the video.

Ciao Y'all

My heartfelt condolences go out to Mr. Neeson and his family in the loss of his wife Natasha Richardson.

Movie photo courtesy of www.imdb.com

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