Thursday, April 4, 2013
Stolen (2012)
If Liam Neeson from
“Taken” showed up in Nicolas Cage’s my-daughter’s-been-kidnapped thriller
“Stolen,” the movie would have lasted 15 minutes. But he doesn’t. Cage plays
Will, a master thief who sees life get worse after an eight year stint in prison. Case
1: Cops are on him like creepy on a Southern politician. Case 2: His presumed
dead ex-partner (Josh Lucas) is out for revenge, snatching said daughter. The plot
centers around taxi cabs. Lucas’ thug tools around in one. Will steals another.
Why? No idea. Up against the always unhinged Cage, Lucas seems to have taken
the villain role as a one-up challenge. After the prologue, he sports greasy surfer
hair, a lazy eye, shaving scars, rotten teeth, an emphysemic cough, and a fake
leg. He screams and growls every line. If this freak dropped into a “Pirates of the Caribbean” film, he’d get strange looks. Cage reacts by talking Swedish.
Seriously. The climax of this Simon West flick one-ups the actors with a fight
to the death not seen since “Freddy vs. Jason.” At an abandoned amusement park.
Zany. Crazy. Terrible. Laughable. Grotesque. Better than the “Taken” sequel. C-
Labels:
2012,
crime,
daughter,
Josh Luxas,
kidnap,
Liam Neeson,
Nicolas Cage,
prison,
robbery,
Stolen,
Taken,
taxis
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