My baby brother raves about Taken.

A friend came round last night and, though he hates Liam Neeson, raved about Taken.

Anyone else seen it?

Yes. It's a good action thriller but it's brain dead. Totally brain dead. Neeson's daughter gets kidnapped whilst in Paris by some East European crims flogging her into the sex trade of the underworld...Neeson gets all mean and brutal and goes to get her back, taking out all the nasty men without so much as gaining a scratch. It's basically a remake of Arnie's Commando but with perhaps better acting. It aint gonna win any Academy Awards, but good fun if you like vigilante flog em and blow em sky high type stuff.

4/10. And that's being overly generous.

watched Cloverfield on DVD over the weekend - very scary and clever film. Watched it at high volume and the sub-bass rattles everything !!!

Looking forward to the new KEANU sci fi remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still on 12.12