Taken - 6.5

I'd never heard of Taken before Alexa brought it home from Blockbuster, but it came out last year and got decent reviews, and guess what, it was, in fact, pretty decent. Taken is a Bourne-like action movie where Liam Neason is trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter from being sold in to prostitution.

I watched it with Alexa, and I must say, it didn't take me long to realize that she *really* doesn't care much for child prostitution rings. I can definitively say that I have never before seen her so pleased while watching graphic violence. She was cheering for decapitations, shootings, people set on fire --- the worse the damage the happier she was. I think she actually jumped off the couch in excitement when Liam rather mercilessly electrocuted the head of the gang. Of course, the downside of her enthusiasm is that I had to evade questions like, "Would you do that for our daughter?" with answers like, "Yeeeeeah ... right after I finish up my 30 years of CIA training."

So, Liam is pretty cold blooded and the movie is a decent little action flick that even your girlfriend will like. All in all, not a bad way to spend an evening.