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Overview

Genre :

Action, Thriller

Release Date :

January 30, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Pierre Morel

Starring :

Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, Arben Bajraktaraj, Camille Japy, Holly Valance

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..the guiltiest pleasures of the year..”

by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]

“..never boring..”

by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]

“..lean and brutal..”

by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]

“..engaging but rarely exciting..”

by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]

“..digitally dreary-looking movie..”

by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

“..adrenaline-pumping action thriller..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : B-

“..accomplished if misguided..”

by Travis Nichols [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Matt Stevens [E! Online]

Reviewed by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]

Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

Reviewed by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]

Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Xan Brooks [The Guardian]

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