Taken

the_monkey

What an awesome movie !! Liam Neeson is the new Jack Bauer !

I love those kind of payback movies when the scum get right what they deserve.

Kind of scary to think that thit shít really goes on .

Coriolanus

I'd recommend Man on Fire if you haven't seen it then.

Cactus Colm

Nevore wrote: »

I'd recommend Man on Fire if you haven't seen it then.

Which just so happens to be on RTE tonight!

Thought Taken was a great film too. Neeson is great as an action hero.

McCruiskeen

Great film. No one is ever gonna try and mess with Neeson again!!!

Joey the lips

Taken is one of the best films i have seen in ages... really love it all...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_Wu36wIEM

My other half is still waiting on him to find here...

builttospill

Taken is so bad it's good. I loved every second of it. Liam Neeson running around like a geriatric Jason Bourne was just wowzers.

MickShamrock

I thought it was alright.

Renn

the_monkey wrote: »

Kind of scary to think that thit shít really goes on .

Kind of scary that you'd make a comment like this after watching Taken.

the_monkey

Renn wrote: »

Kind of scary that you'd make a comment like this after watching Taken.

why ? - I think it does go on, and a great film - it does remind me of the crap that goes on in the underworld

Coriolanus

Renn wrote: »

Kind of scary that you'd make a comment like this after watching Taken.

Read a paper. There was a massive report in the last week on the sex slave industry in Europe.

the_monkey

Nevore wrote: »

I'd recommend Man on Fire if you haven't seen it then.

which one 1987 or 2004 ?

the_monkey

Nevore wrote: »

Read a paper. There was a massive report in the last week on the sex slave industry in Europe.

OK thanks, Don't read much papers in English I live in Spain.

Renn

I tend to avoid the papers so can't comment on said article.

My original post was hinting at the stupidity of what we saw in Taken - Father warns daughter not to go to France (bad things happen in Europe), father has beers with people he's known all his life, father tells these people how much he loves her for some bizarre reason, daughter gets off plane in France, is hit over the head with two baguettes and is kidnapped.

Cactus Colm

Renn wrote: »

I tend to avoid the papers so can't comment on said article.

My original post was hinting at the stupidity of what we saw in Taken - Father warns daughter not to go to France (bad things happen in Europe), father has beers with people he's known all his life, father tells these people how much he loves her for some bizarre reason, daughter gets off plane in France, is hit over the head with two baguettes and is kidnapped.

Well .. I think the film was written by Luc Besson, and he does seem to set a lot of his films in Paris/France.

McCruiskeen

Renn wrote: »

I tend to avoid the papers so can't comment on said article.

My original post was hinting at the stupidity of what we saw in Taken - Father warns daughter not to go to France (bad things happen in Europe), father has beers with people he's known all his life, father tells these people how much he loves her for some bizarre reason, daughter gets off plane in France, is hit over the head with two baguettes and is kidnapped.

Films aren't actually real by the way.

Renn

Renn wrote: »

I tend to avoid the papers so can't comment on said article.

My original post was hinting at the stupidity of what we saw in Taken - Father warns daughter not to go to France (bad things happen in Europe), father has beers with people he's known all his life, father tells these people how much he loves her for some bizarre reason, daughter gets off plane in France, is hit over the head with two baguettes and is kidnapped.

He didn't warn her not to go as bad things happen in Europe but rather as her father he thought that at 17 she was too young to go travelling with just a friend. I'm sure it's a fear most fathers would share and I don't think you'll find many parents out there who would allow two 17-year-old girls to spend a summer thousands of miles from home on their own. I don't see how it's bizarre that a father would tell his best friends over a few beers how much he loves his daughter. It's the kind of expression of emotional attachment most fathers would express.

The kidnapping is wonderfully under played and quite realistic for the most part I thought and is something which does happen. If you look at statistics for missing tourists in countries all over Europe you may be quite surprised and just how many people each year go missing and many do end up working int he sex industry.

Renn

McCruiskeen wrote: »

Films aren't actually real by the way.

O RLY?

Look, I was just getting at the idiocy of the film's take on kidnapping. Horrible film that was enjoyed by many. That's all I've got to say really.

Coriolanus

the_monkey wrote: »

which one 1987 or 2004 ?

The 2004 one, I never saw the original though I've heard good things. Denzel Washington is brilliant in it.

the_monkey

Renn wrote: »

I tend to avoid the papers so can't comment on said article.

My original post was hinting at the stupidity of what we saw in Taken - Father warns daughter not to go to France (bad things happen in Europe), father has beers with people he's known all his life, father tells these people how much he loves her for some bizarre reason, daughter gets off plane in France, is hit over the head with two baguettes and is kidnapped.

hehe ... good point - it was pretty foolish the way it happened.
I'm talking about trafficking in general - i wouldn't be stopping my daughter going travelling becuase of it !

the_monkey

Nevore wrote: »

The 2004 one, I never saw the original though I've heard good things. Denzel Washington is brilliant in it.

Yeah he's a good actor , I haven't seen a bad film with him in it - well maybe the Pelham 123 one.

ok cheers will check it out.

Just saw the daughter is Shannon from LOST, I knew i recognised her!

Renn

Deleted User wrote: »

He didn't warn her not to go as bad things happen in Europe but rather as her father he thought that at 17 she was too young to go travelling with just a friend. I'm sure it's a fear most fathers would share and I don't think you'll find many parents out there who would allow two 17-year-old girls to spend a summer thousands of miles from home on their own. I don't see how it's bizarre that a father would tell his best friends over a few beers how much he loves his daughter. It's the kind of expression of emotional attachment most fathers would express.

The kidnapping is wonderfully under played and quite realistic for the most part I thought and is something which does happen. If you look at statistics for missing tourists in countries all over Europe you may be quite surprised and just how many people each year go missing and many do end up working int he sex industry.

"I know the world sweetie..."

"It's seven thousand miles. It's another country"

"Putting your daughter at risk? By going to Paris?"

"There are certain areas in Paris that you should avoid"

etc

Actually, reading through the script makes the film sound much worse, awful

Hank_Jones

I would just like to voice my dislike for this film, it's bloody awful.
The writing is just terrible, really terrible.
The acting from Maggie Grace is again, woeful.
After I watched it I honestly just thought ''meh'', I really don't see what people like about it.

adser53

i really enjoyed it myself but jesus they could've found someone that can act to play his daughter! She's hopeless and has the gammiest run in movie history! Well, apart from Steven Seagal's

McCruiskeen

This thread reminds me of these guys

It started off with such praise, but then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYEJx7PkWE

Duggy747

I was going into this film thinking it would be bog-standard and one of those films that an actor of Neeson's calibre would have phoned in.

Boy, was I wrong!! I loved this film, laughed my ass off at how brutal Neeson was at disposing bad guys. He pissed all over Seagals movies in one stroke, never imagined him being a deadly hard-ass!!

One gripe I always had with movies was when the bad guy had a hostage at gunpoint. I always thought, if the good guy is such a great shot then why doesn't he just shoot him already!?! Then Neeson comes along, no bullshìt when he sees his daughter being used as a human shield, the bad guy says "let's negoti........*BANG*.....THAT's how you dispose of the scumbags!

It's daft but dammit, a fine throwback to the vigilante movies of yore!

indough

this was one of the best surprises ive gotten from an action movie in years

Renn

Duggy747 wrote: »

I was going into this film thinking it would be bog-standard and one of those films that an actor of Neeson's calibre would have phoned in.

Boy, was I wrong!! I loved this film, laughed my ass off at how brutal Neeson was at disposing bad guys. He pissed all over Seagals movies in one stroke, never imagined him being a deadly hard-ass!!

One gripe I always had with movies was when the bad guy had a hostage at gunpoint. I always thought, if the good guy is such a great shot then why doesn't he just shoot him already!?! Then Neeson comes along, no bullshìt when he sees his daughter being used as a human shield, the bad guy says "let's negoti........*BANG*.....THAT's how you dispose of the scumbags!

It's daft but dammit, a fine throwback to the vigilante movies of yore!

The editing in that scene that you mention was just atrocious ffs

rgmartin91

I saw Man on Fire last night, it was good but I definitely prefer Taken.

Watch Commando to see just how badly this genre can be done.

helimachoptor

rgmartin91 wrote: »

I saw Man on Fire last night, it was good but I definitely prefer Taken.

Watch Commando to see just how badly this genre can be done.

Commando is a completely different film! It's very high on the cheese and it tries to be Taken and MoF try to be serious.

MiCr0

as i read on twitter recently
'Taken' should be called 'Don't Leave the US if You're A Teenage Girl or You'll be Killed by Sex Traffickers Unless Your Dad is Liam Neeson

Schism

I thought Taken was great.

Renn, you seem to be expecting too much from it. It's an action film and to be fair Liam Nesson kicks ****ing ass throughout. That alone makes it hold water for me.

ziedth

I for one loved it,

Sure it's corny as hell and maggie grace can't act but it is still in my top 5 in the action genre.

I have said it a few times on here but it's prob the only time I cheered in the cinema during the phonecall scene.

Joey the lips

As already said I loved taken but I saw man on fire last night. I had forgotten i saw it...

Its brilliant and taken is a second best.

Overature

its one of the proper good action films of the last few years, its awesome

Renn

Schism wrote: »

I thought Taken was great.

Renn, you seem to be expecting too much from it. It's an action film and to be fair Liam Nesson kicks ****ing ass throughout. That alone makes it hold water for me.

Don't get me wrong, I understand what it's trying to do etc. But I really did think it was a steaming pile of ****. Poor acting, poor script, stupidly contrived throughout, **** storyline (I nearly threw up when I heard U2 mentioned in it), poor editing...just all kinds of bad in there.

BopNiblets

MiCr0 wrote: »

as i read on twitter recently
'Taken' should be called 'Don't Leave the US if You're A Teenage Girl or You'll be Killed by Sex Traffickers Unless Your Dad is Liam Neeson

Hey come on be fair, they weren't going to kill her, they just sold her as a sex slave, not all bad!

cremeegg

BopNiblets wrote: »

Hey come on be fair, they weren't going to kill her, they just sold her as a sex slave, not all bad!

I joined a facebook group there recently "I hate it when you abduct a fit girl and it turns out to be liam neesons daughter"

kinda funny

Cookie33

Its a really good movie - didn't get bored watching it

Liam Neeson

5*

KevArno

Ok, so I cannot get over the apparent universal love-in for this movie. I personally thought it was complete crap. Though the action was mind blowing at times, and his no bullshit attitude was great to watch, the acting and script were just too bad to overlook. Maggie Grace was so bad that she ruined the entire kidnapping scene. She also looked way too old for the naive innocent teen she was supposed to be.

Why are people are looking past Neeson also. Whenever he wasnt killing someone, he was terrible.

And a big issue for me, when Neeson was at the house with the red door, acting as a member of the French police, is there a reason he didnt speak French? Or at least english with an accent? Being in Paris I'm sure they would have questioned a member of the police chatting in English with a bad American accent.

Phew, got that off my chest. I do really enjoy the killing in this though...they could just have left the rest out!

ziedth

See if you let things like the accent bother you Kev you won't enjoy any film IMHO. Sure I thought of it but just adopt the a wizzard did it approach espically in action films!

I will agree the daughter and the vile ex wife where awful but come on? "now is not a time for dick measuring stuart!" that line alone deserves a star.

Coriolanus

KevArno wrote: »

Ok, so I cannot get over the apparent universal love-in for this movie. I personally thought it was complete crap. Though the action was mind blowing at times, and his no bullshit attitude was great to watch

See, that's all I was really looking for. I went in with the attitude that it was a popcorn film and enjoyed it on those merits.

I'm odd though, I can say that I think Transformers was a good film and then say that the Godfather was a good film, and mean two completely different things by it.

KevArno

Zeidth as much as that wizard explains away lots of crap for me the American accent just didn't make sense. The whole scene would have been far more tense as well as actually making some sense if Liam had gone in speaking French, sussing them out and then revealing himself with the I told you I would kill you in his 'normal' accent... I just couldn't ignore the 'french' police officer in France that wouldn't speak French.
They used subtitles for the rest of the foreign language in the film so I just can't explain this bit.

And nevore, I completely agree, awesome action. But watch it again and see if you are not cringing the whole way through... Or maybe I am just grumpy this morning

DrumSteve

this film is amazing. The phonecall scene was brilliant as was watching liam headbutt paris.

Renn

I headbutted my tv after watching this.

Gallant_JJ

Watched this film earlier, thoroughly enjoyed it, a pleasent surprise. Never realised Maggie Grace has such a delightful set of cans.

DonOcelot

Does exactly what it says on the tin, as with most action films, explosions, chases, shootouts, cheesy one liners ("I'll tear down the Eiffel tower if i have too") etc... But the sort of film that if you start to think about it, nothing makes sense e.g. a man goes to paris, causes havoc, goes home, no consequences.
Also, the dodgy accents and the terrible acting from the daughter was annoying.
But as an action film, it delivers.

DrumSteve

Sequel on the way!