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Overview
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Release Date:
30 January 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
They took his daughter. He'll take their lives. more
Plot:
A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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1 nomination
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Surprising original exciting action movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Liam Neeson | ... | Bryan Mills | |
| Maggie Grace | ... | Kim | |
| Leland Orser | ... | Sam | |
| Jon Gries | ... | Casey | |
| David Warshofsky | ... | Bernie | |
| Holly Valance | ... | Sheerah | |
| Katie Cassidy | ... | Amanda | |
| Xander Berkeley | ... | Stuart | |
| Olivier Rabourdin | ... | Jean-Claude | |
| Gérard Watkins | ... | St-Clair | |
| Famke Janssen | ... | Lenore | |
| Marc Amyot | ... | Pharmacist | |
| Arben Bajraktaraj | ... | Marko | |
| Radivoje Bukvic | ... | Anton (as Rasha Bukvic) | |
| Mathieu Busson | ... | Undercover agent |
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
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Runtime:
93 min
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Certification:
South Korea:18 |
Netherlands:12 |
USA:PG-13 (cut version) |
Australia:MA |
UK:15 (edited version) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Ireland:15A |
South Africa:16LV |
Peru:14 |
Argentina:16 |
France:-12 |
Brazil:16 |
UK:18 (DVD rating) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Finland:K-15 |
Chile:Y7 |
Germany:16 |
Sweden:15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Norway:15 (uncut version) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18A (Manitoba) (DVD rating) |
Ireland:18 (DVD rating) |
USA:Unrated (DVD rating) (uncut version) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Denmark:15 |
Austria:16 |
Iceland:16 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Mexico:B15
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In the film, Katie Cassidy's character (Amanda) is 19 years old and Maggie Grace's character (Kim) is 17 years old. In real life, Maggie is 3 years older than Katie.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): It would seem that a "French" inspector with an American/slight Irish accent would arouse some sort of suspicion among Marko and his other henchmen.
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Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Watchmen/Shuttle/12 (#1.2)" (2009)
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I saw this movie tonight at the sneak preview and I was completely surprised and blown away. I went to see this movie with no expectations. In the beginning it seems that it was going to be an easy to watch movie, but after a short time it turned into a high-speed action movie. I found the story original and so did my friends. At some times I found it hard to watch, because of the drug abuse and violence. To know that these practices still occur also gave me a horrible feeling. I was completely taken away by this movie. At some points it was very very quiet in the cinema, because of the excitement, you wonder what is going to happen next. Some moments in the story I found a bit not convincing, but the rest of the movie makes up to that. Liam Neeson in one of his best performances. It had good action, a good story, some humor. There are also some sensitive / sentimental scenes. There are no plot twists. It is just a story being told. This is one of those movies which stay in your memory for a while and let you think about bad things that happen. The movie that had that same effect on me was Traffic (2000). Personally I think this movie is underrated, but maybe this is because it is new. I would give it 8/10.