"Commando" goes 2009.

Taken is an adrenaline-pumping film. The plot is fairly basic, and keeping it that way actually works towards the film's advantage. It allows more time to be allotted to the action scenes. These scenes are plentiful, as well as exciting. It plays out in an exciting, and interesting way. The acting on the whole is about average, with the main character played by Liam Neeson being well performed, while his daughter detracts from every scene she is in.

proof that 24 wouldn't really be too good without that whole, yknow, 24 hour gimmick. AKA holly valance's finest work since prison break.

"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, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." - nuff said!

Symbolically castrated father finds a use for his skill set (finding and killing dudes) as he rescues estranged, retarded daughter from a life without him.

The action isn't bad. For watching and forgetting.

An amazing film full of deserved cruelty and sweet revenge.

Pretty refreshing action film, not pretentious and does not try too hard to manufacture an overly complicated story line. Just a lot of yelling, tense situations and throat punching.

Seems to go by really fast, and the end is pretty anti-climactic. Neeson is bad ass, and there are plenty of awesome parts in the movie, but it's pretty forgettable as a whole.