'Taken' By Surprise
Need a palate cleanser? This is it.
I think Alex Albrecht, of the Totally Rad Show, put it best when he compared seeing "Oscar films" to being a bit like eating vegetables. It's good for you, it opens up you mind to new flavors, and it often introduces you to something quite delicious that you may have once thought unappetizing. But like Mr. Albrecht then went on to say, sometimes you just want a slab of USDA, choice-cut beef, with some garlic butter and cheese drizzled over it. Taken, not to be confused with the Spielberg produced SciFi miniseries (which is also good), is an uncomplicated action/suspenser equivalent of a thick, juicy, spice-rubbed ribeye. It may not be the finest cut of cow, and it may even be getting a little too close to medium-well, but after a steady diet of vegetable films, boy does this hit the spot.
Dustin Anglin