Taken

Genre : Crime | Action | Thriller
Runtime : 126 Min
Director : Pierre Morel

Plot

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution. 

Review

I almost felt stupid for not watching this movie till now. Maybe I had avoided crime movies earlier. I watched it and I felt surprised as you may be if you haven't and are gonna watch it after reading my review. I know I have started praising the movie in the starting of the review only but its seriously good.

The plot of the movie is not quite different and so will the script follow. What is different is the way it is directed. Really a good job by Pierre Morel. Well I haven't heard of him at all but will surely look forward to his works now. So the whole movie has some stylized action sequences which seemed perfect on Liam Neeson. Damn he looked so bang on with all the action and bullets. He has done a phenomenal act in the movie and can be considered as a reason for it being a super-hit. The other acts, well its all about Liam Neeson and you'll agree with my opinion if you watch. Did it touch you emotionally? Yes, the relation of a father with her daughter and he'll be willing to do in the circumstances. Strong screenplay carries it to a further level. I felt that its a tightly packed package for all the crime and action lovers. Of-course movie is not perfect but it will make you glued to it for sure. I would strongly recommend it to everyone. Just loved it.

A Worth Great Watch

8 on 10

The Woman in Black

 
Genre : Drama | Horror | Thriller
Runtime : 95 Min
Director: James Watkins

Plot

A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

Review

Daniel Radcliffe will have a hard time erasing his Harry Potter image clearly. The first sight at the movie and this is what will cross your mind. Maybe it will take him few years to be mature enough for playing mature roles. Anyways, this is the kind of plot which interests me a lot. Even by looking at the poster I could make out that this is gonna be an old school horror ( a kind of rare in modern times). It surely is.

The movie follows a simple plot and is quite assumable even in the beginning. So one thing I would suggest you all is to keep your brain out of your head and watch it just for the horror's sake. Arthur Kipps travels to a remote village to sell the Eel Marsh House. Now the house is haunted (not just house, but the village). That's it. Whatever follows are the situations and the drama part. Still I liked it much. It's been a long time I watched such a horror movie. Its devoid of any blood spills and other gore stuff. What you'll see is pure horror. Daniel has done nice if we can get rid of his earlier image. The direction is nice as there are few sudden scenes to make you jump. I liked the cinematography really. It creates a proper creepy environment. Nothing else that I would like to mention here. It's surely a scary watch and you'll like it definitely. There are some weak points but I never said its a perfect movie.

Scary

7 on 10

Shanghai

Genre : Thriller
Runtime : 120 Min (approx)

Director : Dibakar Banerjee

Plot

Shanghai, a political thriller, follows the journey of these unlikely heroes as they come together to find justice in the labyrinth of Indian democracy.

Review

Well went for this movie with great expectations. I had read the reviews so was very excited to watch it. I wasn't aware that it was a political thriller initially. So coming to movie. It started of well and got me interested. It was slow but still I liked the concept with what it started. I felt finally another different story from Bollywood. But very soon, it became a big drag and the movie was crawling literally. The script had nothing to tell for most of the length. It kept on crawling till I found people in theater got busy on their phones. But still I felt it was nice and there was interval. Now the latter half was pathetic for me. There was nothing to show. You can judge what will happen and it happens at such a slow pace that you might wanna sleep. The direction was pathetic for me. I liked the concept. Few things are good which shows the internal political matters of small towns of India. Everything they showed was truth but it was not promising. I remember when I watched movies like Rajneeti and was forced to clap in certain sections. I could not feel the same way in this one. The screenplay is utterly boring. I don't want to talk about acts as i could not concentrate due to the weird direction. All I will say is that you can try it if you like the genre otherwise you will sleep it off. I won't say that the movie is pathetic but its below average.

Can Be Skipped

4 on 10