Tom Dolan (Nielson) is an ex-U.S. Marine who's successfully pulled off several bank robberies without getting caught. One day, he goes to a storage unit facility looking for a place to store the money he stole, and meets Annie Wilkins (Kate Walsh), a psychology graduate student who is an employee there.
(6/10)
It's not easy to make a good film. It's especially difficult to make a good, mindless film.
And no genre is more mindless than action.
The formula for an action flick is simple. There's a good guy (or guys or
“Silence” (2016) is a Deeply Reflective Journey of Contemplation into Faith
9/10
It is 17th century Japan, a bad time and place to be a Christian. The feudal government is committed to eradicating Christianity through the torture and killing of believers, convinced that the religion is unfit for the Japanese people.
In the Portuguese colony of Macau, the Jesuits receive news that Father Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who is living in Nagasaki, Japan, renounced his faith after being tortured.
It is 17th century Japan, a bad time and place to be a Christian. The feudal government is committed to eradicating Christianity through the torture and killing of believers, convinced that the religion is unfit for the Japanese people.
In the Portuguese colony of Macau, the Jesuits receive news that Father Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who is living in Nagasaki, Japan, renounced his faith after being tortured.
In “Taken 2” (2012), the Magic of the Original is All Gone
3/10
"Taken 2" is one of those sequels that has all of the ingredients of the original but none of the magic. It's as if in making the sequel, the filmmakers forgot the formula that made the original work.
"Taken 2" is one of those sequels that has all of the ingredients of the original but none of the magic. It's as if in making the sequel, the filmmakers forgot the formula that made the original work.
“Taken” (2009) is satisfyingly mindless yet surprisingly well developed
The premise of "Taken" (2009), in which Liam Neeson convincingly plays an endearing father and a ruthless retired CIA operative out for revenge, is so simple it can be summarized by a scene captured in the trailer and cited in the poster where Neeson's character says: "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want.