The Season of Neeson
Liam Neeson’s new action piece, Taken, recently was released in theaters everywhere. The movie is basic in nature. A man’s daughter is kidnapped. He must retreave her with acquired skills. Chaos insues.
The style employed in this film is primarily Krav Maga. A lot of mid and low level kicks to the groin and knees. A lot of disarming maneuvers. Enough neck snapping and clavicle chopping to even impress a washed up Steven Seagal. I’m assuming the action style was influenced in some part by the Bourne franchise and its popularization of the grungier more agressive and less flash approach. Liam Neeson concedes to the the plotline of the film being quite simple, so putting his trust and the layering of the film in the hands of the amazing Luc Besson also came pretty simple. The fact of the matter is he wanted to do an action movie before his age truly would become a factor in such a movie.
This stuff ain\’t no Darkman II
