We just saw two films this weekend “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” and “Taken”.
I was really looking forward the first film as I’ve been a big fan of the Underworld series. The Vampires and Werewolves setup along with characters that I find interesting (Viktor) kept me wanting to see this film as soon as it comes out of DVD. The film was great, it didn’t necessarily blew me away, but it kept me in the series and wouldn’t mind watching another sequel.
The next film was “Taken”. I knew this film was successful as it made a lot of money, and got some great user reviews. So I was also interested to see this film, expecting another action film that will keep me excited and pumped up. Man! What a surprise film this turned out, it was indeed an action film, but I felt it had more emotion in the action than the other film. No vampires or werewolves that kick each other, just some very very very angry father trying to get to his daughter. Maybe the connection here was because of the relationship that it established in the earlier part of the film (which I felt was enough since this was an action film). Liam Neeson the good ol’ wise Jedi from Star Wars I plays the father role here, but he has none of those Jedi-like wisdom in handling his adversaries here, let’s just say he handles them appropriately. The film moves in a fast pace keeping you waiting for the next scene. Good ol’ action fun, but the story behind it is very concerning, the events that unfolded and the men behind them were certainly more vicious (specially for parents) than Vampires and Werewolves.
