What a sad movie to watch Liam Neeson in as he portrays Peter, husband to Lisa (Laura Linney) who one day leaves him, as his own wife died tragically soon after. Obsessed and consumed with grief, he goes through her things and with odd clues, this mystery takes him on a treasure hunt of sorts to find the man who was once her lover, Antonio Banderas. Does he go looking for her or is he going to kill the man for once being with his wife? Neeson gives a solid performance, but nothing compared to Taken. Linney also does a fine job, but it seems so effortless and low key. Banderas, however, shows a side of himself where he tries to be the suave Latin lover, but stumbles and shows instead a man who is just an ordinary man. The plot twist at the end really surprised me and I didn’t see it coming at all. Final scene was beautiful and done in stride with the characters and their hearts.
Bite: Good to see a thriller done so well in a world of predictable endings.
