Saw Taken the other night, and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was, after really only hearing about it from a website I frequent. Haven't really seen much of a trailer for it on TV, or before any other movies I've seen recently, so thought we'd take a punt and go see it.

It's got a pretty simple plot, which is always nice; Man's daughter is taken. Man goes to get her back, beating up anyone in his way. There are enough interesting twists and turns in the plot to keep you intrigued, and wondering why his daughter was taken, and what's going to happen to her etc. etc. so it's a bit more than just a boring kidnap and hold to ransom movie.

Man is Liam Neeson btw. Oh and did I mention he used to work for the Government in one of those "I can't tell you what I do for a job" kind of positions? Yeah. If you're going to kidnap someone's kid, probably best to avoid those kind of parents.

Anyway, the first half hour or so of the movie is mostly just explaining Neeson's relationship with his daughter, but the film really kicks into gear once he learns she's being kidnapped.

I don't think I really need to explain the rest of the movie, or how he does go about extracting the necessary information from the baddies, but the fight sequences are very slick, and very Bond/Bourne-esque in a way, and Neeson is very commanding as the father hellbent on finding his daughter.

A pleasantly enjoyable movie, I gave it an 8/10. Would have been an 8.5 but for stupid Holly Valance. Go away.