Tuesday 25 May 2021

Stolen - The clue is in the title

If I were to ask you, "What's another word for `Stolen?'" You may well answer, "Taken." And that is this film in a nutshell. Just remove Liam Neeson from the proceedings and insert Nicholas Cage and you basically have the same film, or rather a lesser version of it.

Nicholas Cage's daughter has been taken (or should I say stolen?) and he has to race around a city, generally punching people and indulging in high-speed car chases, until he gets her back. Perhaps if this came out before Taken, it might be considered the better version. However, it doesn't even have Liam Neeson's - well-choreographed - fight scenes going for it.

Nicholas Cage plays his usual part: he punches, he shoots, he drives. It's all good - if you like Cage. And that's about it. If you're a fan of Nicholas Cage then you probably won't feel ripped off for devoting an hour and a half of your life to this. But he's done better - and so have other people.

6/10 May just keep you awake if Freddy Krueger was haunting your nights

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