It was a busy week for me, not only did I see three films in theaters, I watched the three films I detail below (one of them twice) as well as watched Criterion’s recently released Blu-ray Kuroneko and Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings… I’ll have a review of Wrong Turn 4 for you in the next 48 hours (hopefully 24), but for now here are my thoughts on the four other films…
Taken (2009)
As for Taken, what a solid actioner, but I’m still curious what angle they’re going to take for the sequel. What makes this movie so great is that Neeson’s character will do absolutely anything to get his daughter back, there’s that personal connection. If the sequel involves him saving someone other than a family member the raw brutality won’t mean as much and will just be more gratuitous than necessary. We’ll see though.
Footloose (1984)
Oh, and the moment at the end when Kevin Bacon jumps and does the flying kick is the number one example of the original doing it better.
The Thing (1982)
So now I leave it to you, what did you watch this week?