Liam Neeson does everything wrong in this movie, but it still feels so right. He manages to exhibit the kind of behavior you’d expect from a villain, yet I can say he’s one of the greatest heroes in any film I’ve seen. It’s one of those characters that, even when he impersonates the chief of police, kills countless scumbags, and tortures people to death, you can’t help but root for the guy.

The fact is he’s doing all this for a noble cause – finding his daughter, who gets kidnapped while on a trip to Europe and sold into the human trafficking underground. This is literally one of the most explosive, fast-paced thrillers I’ve seen, and despite a few moments of less-than-stellar acting (which knocks off a one-half flame from the score), it’s a perfectly magnificent piece of filmmaking.

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