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* UnfortunateImplications - Where do you ''start'' with this film? Probably with the notion that, if you are a woman, the second you set foot in a foreign country you will be marked for kidnap, enforced drug addiction, sale to the sex trade, and death.
** Well, not really. Not every woman is going to be as gullible or naive as those two.

Bryan was '''not''' bluffing when he claimed to be [[IKnowKungFu a frighteningly skilled]] [[OldMaster old warrior]] [[OneManArmy whose brutality would make Jason Bourne seem like a pussycat in comparison.]]

* BlackAndGrayMorality: The protagonist is an ex special forces soldier who tortured people in the past (that's where he learned his [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique "technique"]]) who is merciless toward his enemies and [[strike:threatens]] [[spoiler:shoots the arm of]] an innocent person on one occasion. His opponents are sex-slavers, a profession [[{{Understatement}} not exactly known for being all that sympathetic]].

** Bryan comes off very similar as Sam Fisher in SplinterCellConviction.

*** How has NOBODY mentioned that Liam Neeson was [[SchindlersList Oskar Schindler]]?? The whole time I was watching, that thing, y'know, about how ""Whoever saves one life saves the world entire", was echoing in my head in a mean way.

* {{HSQ}} If you did not walk out of the Movie Theater going "Dude..." then you watched the wrong movie.

Bryan was '''not''' bluffing when he claimed to be [[IKnowKungFu a frighteningly skilled old warrior]] [[OneManArmy whose brutality would make Jason Bourne seem like a pussycat in comparison.]]

* {{Mooks}}

Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a [[RetiredBadass former special-forces commander]] attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter Kimmy, who is currently living with her remarried-to-a-millionaire mother. He took up the job of being a bodyguard to help pay the bills.

-->'''???''': ''[[TemptingFate Good luck]]''.

* TheScrappy: Bryan's horrible bitch of an ex-wife that really should've been given a smack across the face for partialy starting the film's actions in motion.

* GunsAkimbo: Averted as part of Bryan's intelligence-respecting combat style. When he procures two handguns at once, he tucks the second one into his belt and doesn't draw it until he's exhausted the first pistol's ammo.

-->'''???''': [[TemptingFate ''Good luck.'']]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: "You don't remember me, do you? We spoke on the phone two days ago. I told you I'd find you"

* ItsPersonal: "It was just business, NothingPersonal!" "It was all personal to me." * BANG*

** In regards to [[spoiler: Switching over to rich white foreigners]], this troper's International Perspectives on Women professor (who saw this movie on this troper's recommendation while we were covering Sex-trafficking in class) claimed that this [[RealityIsUnrealistic made sense]] because [[spoiler: said foreigners are going to have a much healthier pedigree than poorer European women and fetch a higher price from wealthier clients]].

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Literally for Kimmy and Amanda, who get targeted by the Albanians because they're hot and can fetch a lot of money as {{SexSlave}}s.

*** I actually would plan on showing this movie to them, and to their children. They can still go, but they should be aware of the dangers of talking to people you don't know who have too much interest in you and then sharing a cab with them to where you are staying alone and informing them the specific area of the building you're going to be in. So basically, if you have children visiting a foreign country, tell them not to pick up and play with the Idiot Ball.
**** Because nothing like this would ever happen to them at home /sarcasm.

* HilarityEnsues: Marko twitching like a cockraoch hit by a slipper when Bryan turns on the power. [[CompleteMonster What did that dumb rapist]] expect to happen when [[WhatAnIdiot he spat at a man]] who has just [[TooDumbToLive slammed two long and rusty nails into his thighs attached to a fuse box?]]

* [[spoiler: DeathBySex]]: [[MyGirlIsNotASlut Kim is a virgin,]] as the plot goes out of its way to note. Amanda apparently isn't, and was looking forward to having fun abroad IfYouKnowWhatIMean. [[spoiler: Guess who dies?]]

* UnfortunateImplications - Where do you ''start'' with this film? Probably with the notion that, if you are a woman, the second you set foot in a foreign country you will be marked for kidnap, enforced drug addiction, sale to the sex trade, and death... SoYeah.

* GodModeSue: This movie is pretty much about how awesome LiamNeeson is.