Taken

Liam Neeson plays a retired and divorced special agent or "preventer" whose daughter is kidnapped while vacationing in Europe.  He takes matters into his own hands in order to get her back and punish those that took her.  

This is a very intense and exciting movie.  Kind of "Ransom meets The Bourne Identity", and Liam Neeson's character is very Jason Bourne-esque, dropping multiple attackers with a few moves and always one step ahead of his enemies, but in a believable way.  The things his daughter go through are scary and troubling to think they really exist.  I don't quite buy Liam Neeson with an American accent.  I don't know if it's just because I know he's not and I've seen many movies with his normal accent, or if it's because he does a bad American accent.  I don't have that problem with say, Christian Bale or Hugh Jackman.  But it's a solid movie, although the ending, although a nice wrap-up, is a tad cheesy and doesn't quite match the mood of the rest of the movie.  

*** out of 4 - theater or rentable (PG-13 for violence and language)