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Taken
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Review:I liked this movie. Fundamentally, it's another "ex-spy goes on a rampage" movie. But it's got a little bit of something else to it. The action is good and all, but I think that it's the performance of Liam Neeson as the CIA dad whose daughter is kidnapped that makes the movie. He brings a certain gravitas and depth to a role to a movie that is, as required by the genre, preposterous. The pacing and cinematography were also right on. I can't think of any standard by which this movie doesn't compare favorably to the most recent James Bond movie. Of course this movie still has all the limitations that comes with the genre, but it does a better job than most of exceeding them.