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seriousficI just got back from Taken and before I start on the review, I'd like to mention a trailer I saw before the movie. John Cena plays a cop who apprehends a "brilliant killer" (although how brilliant you can be when you get caught by a pro wrestler, and not even the Rock or Mic Foley at that, is lost to me) but in the process the killer's girlfriend is killed. Years later, the killer escapes and, out for revenge, makes John Cena jump through hoops fulfill twelve tasks or he'll detonate various bombs.
When the trailer said "from the director of Die Hard 2" I couldn't help but add "and the plot of Die Hard 3."
But anyone, if you've seen the (awesome) trailer, you probably know what you're in for. I'm happy to report that the movie lives up to it, unlike all those shitty movies that show half their action in the trailer (you can tell The International is going to suck because they literally had to borrow action from other movies to make the trailer. Also, I'm really tired of seeing that boring, generic trailer. Just come out already, movie, so I can not see you!). Liam Neeson gets Aslan on some sex trade ass and boy, does it feel good. In fact, my one real complaint is that the movie is PG-13. When you have scum of the earth like white slavers as the villains, you really wanna see some skulls caved in. If an unrated version comes out, I'm scooping it up like a Wonka Bar with a golden ticket.
Now, this is how you do a Punisher movie. Bad people do bad things, good guy does worse things to them. And Liam Neeson is such a sympathetic, dignified actor that because he cares about his daughter, you care about her and you start rooting for him in earnest. Which means that when some ratshit motherfucker who was part of Operation Piss Off Liam Neeson drives into the wrong end of a bulldozer, you hear the audience say things like "Oooooo score!" Now THAT'S good action movie (although, like I said, it does beg for some gore)!
So, you wanna kill an hour and a half, go see it, have fun, and only pay for the edge of the theater seat because that's all you'll need!
When the trailer said "from the director of Die Hard 2" I couldn't help but add "and the plot of Die Hard 3."
But anyone, if you've seen the (awesome) trailer, you probably know what you're in for. I'm happy to report that the movie lives up to it, unlike all those shitty movies that show half their action in the trailer (you can tell The International is going to suck because they literally had to borrow action from other movies to make the trailer. Also, I'm really tired of seeing that boring, generic trailer. Just come out already, movie, so I can not see you!). Liam Neeson gets Aslan on some sex trade ass and boy, does it feel good. In fact, my one real complaint is that the movie is PG-13. When you have scum of the earth like white slavers as the villains, you really wanna see some skulls caved in. If an unrated version comes out, I'm scooping it up like a Wonka Bar with a golden ticket.
Now, this is how you do a Punisher movie. Bad people do bad things, good guy does worse things to them. And Liam Neeson is such a sympathetic, dignified actor that because he cares about his daughter, you care about her and you start rooting for him in earnest. Which means that when some ratshit motherfucker who was part of Operation Piss Off Liam Neeson drives into the wrong end of a bulldozer, you hear the audience say things like "Oooooo score!" Now THAT'S good action movie (although, like I said, it does beg for some gore)!
So, you wanna kill an hour and a half, go see it, have fun, and only pay for the edge of the theater seat because that's all you'll need!
