Viewed in
2009
Premise
Qui-Gon kick butt. (Try saying that three times fast)
Who should watch
Those who like the Premise.
Thoughts
If you liked what you saw in the trailer, then you will be satisfied.
The best part, of course, was Liam Neeson just being an all around bad ass. There were plenty of awesome scenes of him calmly dismantling thugs, or making them poop their pants. Actually, my favorite was when his daughter is about to be kidnapped, as he nonchalantly talks to her on the phone while busting out his briefcase of doom, ready to make mincemeat of men.
Without Neeson, this was a standard action flick. I did not care for any of the other characters nor the story. Also, it was one fight scene too many.
I will admit, I appreciated the fact that it was not pretentiously preaching to the audience. Also, it made a decent effort to set up some emotional payoff at the climax with some standard 'character' scenes at the beginning.
Basically, this will satiate your butt-kicking urge.
What I would change
Could have taken out a couple of scenes in the beginning. By the fourth scene, we get the picture that he's struggling to re-enter his daughter's life. The audience and I were getting a little restless by this point.
