Comments on: Review: Taken

By: manofaiki

manofaiki — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:13:24 +0000

Anybody who thinks the SEALS and Recon Marines are using San Soo Kung Fu is too ridiculous to bother with. How many actual Recon Marines and SEALs do you know? Because your post is ridiculous.

For Krav Maga you must not have watched that knife disarm closely at all near the beginning of the film.

I'll agree one of us full of 'bullcrap'

By: TBogg » Hollywood Swingin’

TBogg » Hollywood Swingin’ — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:05:21 +0000

[...] John Nolte: I finally left the house and saw a movie at a theater (’Taken’) and it was pretty good except I missed part of it because some fat chick was humping the arm rest three rows in front of me. That was kind of distracting… 18 Comments Spotlight [...]

By: Masterful Mike

Masterful Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:55:36 +0000

Indeed…

Defiance, Taken, and Gran Torino are the three biggest movies among the troops & contractors right now (haji's are making a killing of selling the bootlegs to those movies)

By: Masterful Mike

Masterful Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:52:10 +0000

"I've studied various H2H systems used by different special forces from the Israelies to the British SAS and the Navy Seals; that kind of fighting is what you are seeing in the film."

There was no cut clear indications of Kapap, Lotar, Krav Maga, or San Soo KungFu being used in the film… therefore your claim of seeing Israeli military or Navy SPECWAR infulenced h2h fighting is BS!

"In the way special forces soldiers are trained, any fight which lasts past 3 seconds, or 3 blows, you've screwed it up, back to the drawing board. "

If you're trying to pretend that you know what your talking about, or trying to be a poser… you've screwed it up, back to the drawing board!

If it weren't for the bullcrap listed above your post would've been much better and more productive

By: Masterful Mike

Masterful Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:11 +0000

Liam Neeson's character was a "moral hero", and is a worthy a fictional charactrer to emulated… unless you are a fan of the grow trend I like to call the pussification of the western male

By: Masterful Mike

Masterful Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:21:55 +0000

The fact that the United States government is currently affording Geneva Convention & constitutional protection to our enemies is an utterly sicking fact of the decay of our country at the hands of socialism & political correctness.

By: Masterful Mike

Masterful Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:20:06 +0000

TO RUSTY JAMES:
Non-US citizen on foreign soil do not have any constitutional rights, and non-uniformed enemies don't truly have any protection under the Geneva Convention… therefore use of torture of any such people is not an issue or any kind (legal or moral).

If you do any kind of real study on America's history in arm conflicts and the history of our intelligence community (OSS, CIA), you will find many examples of things that current Americans would consider "torture" or "immoral" behavior towards captured non-uniformed enemies & spies. The America that you grew up in did have "our torture" (unless you grew up in an America in a different dimension), its just not as widely known to some due to the fact that it was only done to non-uniformed enemies (guerrillas/insurgents/terrorists, and spies).

By: Lee Govatos

Lee Govatos — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:48:53 +0000

Taken is the best action movie I've ever seen…I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole time…never a boring minute…the dialogue, action, acting were all superb and enthralling…I'll either see it again or buy the DVD when it comes out.

By: Daniel G

Daniel G — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:15:53 +0000

I agree. I would like to see more continuous fight scenes, instead of cut-up, shaky camera work.

By: Four Dogs in NR

Four Dogs in NR — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:25:16 +0000

I've had a crush on Liam Neeson since he appeared in "Satisfaction" in the 80's, I believe. Horrible movie, but he was sexy as hell then and he still is!

That being said, this was exactly the rock 'em, sock 'em, shoot 'em up, blow 'em up movie I was hoping for. However, they left some parts hanging in my eyes: what did he do with the girl he resuced? Why didn't the police arrest him at the airport, and wow, his daughter sure got over her trauma quickly! I know, I know, it's a movie – but still…. it left me wondering and I hate that!

I will watch this movie again. And I agree, completely, that Neesan makes one spectacular action hero. The best line in the whole movie was the "I will find you, and I will kill you" line. Gave me shivers. Now that's acting!