Tag: oliviermegaton
The Many Faces Of Forest Whitaker
This week, Liam Neeson isn't taking it any more, again, in Taken 3. James saw the film and wasn't amused much, but that doesn't take away from the fine actors in it of course. Time for a quiz about Liam,...
Review: TAKEN 3, Action Cinema For Teenage Softies
Liam Neeson's third outing as over-protective family man Bryan Mills sees him on the run for murder after his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) turns up dead in his apartment. Forest Whitaker heads the investigation, which soon enough uncovers the involvement of...
Liam Neeson Will Smash Your Face With "12 Skills Of Christmas" In New TAK3N Trailer
I've covered Liam Neeson's wily antics before, but now I'm really excited. Just in time for Hanukkah and Christmas malaise, Fox has gifted us with the "12 Skills of Christmas." It's Bryan Mills in full glory breaking necks, hacking phones,...
Opening: TAKEN 2 Stands Ready to Take Your Money
Cool, efficient, and completely generic, Taken 2 opens in theaters around the world today, an action vehicle that's ready to take as many paying customers as possible on a ride no one will remember in the morning. "The plot follows...
Review: TAKEN 2 Sets New Standard For Incoherent Action
I'm beginning to suspect that modern action editors have some sort of digital blender that mixes up raw footage of every stunt and arbitrarily adds a cut every half second. How else can we explain Taken 2, which seems unable...
Liam Neeson Continues To Be A Badass In Full TAKEN 2 Trailer
We've had a US teaser, a couple of international efforts and now the Olivier Megaton directed Taken 2 delivers a full US trailer and once again it features people being taken against their will by the bad guys and Liam...
One Minute Of Action In Second TAKEN 2 Teaser
When will the bad guys learn that revenge is often a bad idea? Particularly revenge against a guy who has already carved through your forces like a hot knife through butter once. If you want to live, you should probably...
Liam Neeson Lays Waste To Istanbul In First TAKEN 2 Trailer
The first rule of a successful action film sequel: Take the elements that made the first film work, make them bigger, and shift the setting and dynamic just enough to keep them feeling fresh and exotic. Full marks to director...
Fresh Shots Of Liam Neeson In TAKEN 2
Luc Besson's EuropaCorp is now buffing and polishing the Olivier Megaton directed sequel to their surprise action hit Taken and a trio of images featuring star Liam Neeson have arrived online. They seem to be following the basic rules of...
Weinberg Reviews COLOMBIANA
There's one fantastic reason to see the silly new action movie called Colombiana -- and her name is Zoe Saldana. This gorgeous gal broke through in 2000 with movies like Center Stage and Get Over It, but over the last...
COLOMBIANA Review
[Our thanks to Simon Kingsley for the following review. Which does, it should be said, contain a decent number of plot points. Don't read if you don't want to know.]Remember, you read it here first! A star is born! Amandla...
Get Behind The Scenes Of COLOMBIANA, Plus A Clip Of Zoe Saldana Packing Heavy Artillery
Europacorp has uploaded three making-of videos and a clip for Olivier Megaton's Colombiana at its official youtube channel. From these videos, you can expect to see plenty of deadly weaponry and big explosions, dealt by the sexy yet dangerous Zoe...
First Trailer For TAKEN Creators' Latest, COLOMBIANA
Writer-producer Luc Besson had a massive surprise hit on his hands when Taken hit screens a few years back and so he's now doing what any sensible producer would do under those circumstances. He's trying to do it again.Besson has...
The Creators Of TAKEN Return With COLOMBIANA
After scoring a monstrous - and unexpected - worldwide hit with Taken I am honestly surprised that it has taken Luc Besson two years to launch another project with co-writer Robert Mark Kamen. But the duo are at it again...
