Liam
Neeson is a badass, and I think that anyone who has seen his movies can testify
to that. Way back in 2012, a friend convinced me to go see Taken 2 with her in
the movie theater. I explained that I hadn’t even seen the first one, but she
assured me the plot wasn’t hard to follow: Brian’s daughter had been kidnapped,
but he tracked her down and saved her. Since it seemed simply enough, I agreed,
and we went and saw the sequel.
I was
hooked from the beginning. It seemed that the relationship between the father
and daughter was genuine, and understandably so from the little I knew from the
original movie. It didn’t take long for the plot to kick in—within the first
few minutes the mother was taken and Brian was at it again. The fight
choreography in this movie was almost beautiful; every move was precise and
intricate, yet easy to follow, and extremely impressive. There was a perfect
balance between the emotional ties to the story and the action, which kept me
interested throughout. All in all, it was a pretty epic movie, and I wanted to
watch the first one right away.
I
didn’t own the first one, however, and somehow never managed to make it to
Family Video to rent it. It wasn’t until this past Friday night that I got to
actually watch it. Luckily for me, it did meet my high expectations. Normally,
in the majority of the movies that I watch, there is always a time where I get
a little bored and think, “When is this going to be over?” Not with this movie.
It had me anticipating every next scene, and had me going “ooh” and “ahh” at
all of his butt-kicking. His “I will find you” speech
was iconic. I even flinched a couple times at the sheer brutality that he
possessed. I found that I definitely didn’t want the movie to end, and I was
shocked when it did. I thought there must have been at least another hour left!
I was surprised the two hours had passed so quickly. At the end of it all, I
had one main thought bouncing around inside my head: Liam Neeson is undeniably
a badass.
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