· Liam Neeson is forever tough and gruff with lines like “Try anything funny and they’ll kill you. And if they don’t, I will.”
I love Liam Neeson, but I have to admit that he is getting a little too old for this kind of stuff. There are so many edited cuts in every scene, as if the director (Olivier Megaton) could only use the footage where Liam doesn’t look like he’s getting tired. Don’t get me wrong; I still love watching him kick butt, but this franchise is becoming its own farce.
If you love Liam Neeson, this is a watchable bad movie. Prepare to laugh out loud at some of the many ridiculous moments.
Uplifting Theme:
* Family first. As Bryan Mills says “My first priority is the safety of my daughter.”
* Watching Liam’s character Bryan Mills is like watching MacGyver’s Yoda.
* Forest Whitaker does a fine job with the cliched character he is given.
This time, the movie takes place in the United States, but it’s still loaded with Russian thugs who smoke cigars, sit in hot tubs with scantily clad women, and say things like “Okay. Let’s go get drunk.”
· You’d think by now that Bryan’s daughter Kim (played by Maggie Grace) would have learned some self-defense moves just in case. She spends most of the movie puddled on the floor with her mother’s scarf.
There are so many unbelievable moments, that the result isn’t that you have to suspend your disbelief, but that you are numbed into submission.
* While there are a couple of twists (I LOVE twists), the bad guys are predictable and cliched.
* There are so many points in the movie that just aren’t explained.
· “Interesting family.” – Franck Dotzler
* “Bagels.” – Bryan
SPOILER ALERT: In the shot where Bryan is water boarding Stewart, the amount of Stewart’s shirt that is wet changes in between shots.
I gotta get me some Special Opps friends in case I ever get in trouble.
Tips for Parents: The body count is high (of course), along with profanity and violence…all expected for this kind of film.
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