An average movie

Following his recent come-back with ‘Taken’, Liam Neeson keeps making those European based thrillers and this flick was one of those. Pretty much like ‘Taken’, it is a rather far-fetched story but thanks to Liam Neeson’s impressive charisma, it remains entertaining. Basically, it is a mix between ‘Frantic’ and ‘The Bourne Identity’ but this movie definitely had not the ambition to be that good. Indeed, while watching this, I was reminded about how awesome ‘Frantic’ started (it was eventually a half-baked movie but it started great). It was great because it was really ambiguous. Well, here, they removed any shred of ambiguity right from the start and you are thrown directly into some shady conspiracy. They even throw in a beautiful female bystander, just like in ‘Frantic’ and I wonder if it was the best choice to cast a German actress to portray a Bosnian woman living in Berlin. At some point, you even get to see the great Bruno Ganz so you think for a minute that the whole thing might get somewhere more unexpected but he didn’t have much to do, I’m afraid. Still, in spite of its flaws, I still think it remains a decent thriller and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10