Taken (2008)
Taken (2008) – There are many important lessons one must learn in life, but perhaps one of the most important is this one: do not fuck with Liam Neeson. He will fuck your shit up. Luc Besson is a man of simple action plots. In addition to directing the classics Léon(aka The Professional) and The … Continue reading
Colombiana (2011)
Columbiana (2011) – Zoë Saldaña is just everywhere these days. It makes sense. She’s hot. She has charisma. Now she shows us she can be an action star. She plays Cataleya Restrepo, a woman whose parents are murdered in front of her as a child as an act of retaliation by a drug cartel. She … Continue reading
La Femme Nikita (1990)
La Femme Nikita (1990) — So there’s a new TV series (the second) based on this movie which made me think “I haven’t seen it in a few years” so I decided to re-watch it. It’s still good though not, in my humble opinion, as Luc Besson’s next two films Leon and The Fifth Element. … Continue reading
La haine (1995)
La haine (1995) — The early 1990s brought about a whole bunch of movies set in the ghetto, the hood, the projects, etc. However, the problems of social marginalization are hardly uniquely American phenomena. France has problems too. America has ghettos, France has banlieues. The film takes place just after a major riot that was … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 