Heartbeat

Acting poor and above all lots of improbable sequences and heaps of nonsense actions. Don't waste your time with such a movie>

Yes another copy cat "Taken film" but with a girl. Slow boring and predictable script. The acting was stunted and the timing was off to say the least. So many holes it was unbelievable such as when the girl was sedated completely out of it one minute, the next thing she's running for the boat. Quick recovery! A extremely soppy end that was not necessary but just one more reason not to watch the film

The film is OK. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't good.

A short way in Hollywood did it's propaganda bit with a long speech about White Privilege that added absolutely nothing to the film and felt really forced into the "natural conversation". But don't let that put you off completely.

It's watchable all the way through but it has a not-actually-strong-at-all female lead and it never reaches the point of being "good".

It definitely never reaches the point where it is fair adopt the "Taken" brand.

Don't waste your time with this one. You've seen it before. Maybe not this one, but other ones that follow the same basic plot line: girl goes missing (why is it always the girl, never the boy?) during a solo trip to some foreign country, police don't believe the single parent. Parent goes hunting for girl. Fighting. Gun play. Girl rescued. The only real difference in this one is the acting. Acting that fails to impress anyone. And a final summary of why the events of the movie happened is more confusing than it needs be. The film makers probably wanted it to differ from other similar themed movies by including a ....Well, I wouldn't want to spoil it for you. The movie itself will do it for you. The Knightwolf recommends skipping this one.

In this case the reference to 'Taken' in the title of the film obviously refers to the fact that the viewer has been taken for a ride. Plenty of ham acting, but little action and while the heroine does her best with the weak script, she was given little opportunity to demonstrate her competency. In fact, towards the end of the film when some action finally hits the screen, she constantly gets caught and her firearm is easily and regularly confiscated by an unconvincing rogue. The latter comes to an unlikely end at the hands of said heroine.