We should have seen Liam Neeson become an action star long before premiered 16 years ago

Liam Nissen is now best known as an action star thanks to the Taken movie series, but we should have seen this transition coming long before Taken Premiere 16 years ago. Liam Neeson has been part of movies of a variety of genres during his acting career. Neeson received critical acclaim for his role as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s Listwhich served as his breakout role. Neeson continued a streak of success with movies like Rob Roy, Michael CollinsAnd Les Miserables.

In the late 1990s and 2000s, Neeson expanded into blockbusters, beginning with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Neeson has been part of big productions like Batman begins And The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy, as well as rom-coms like Love actually and dramas like Martin Sorces Gangs of New York. In the late 2000s, Neeson began to establish himself as an action star Thanks to the action thriller TakenWhich spawned a franchise. However, we should have seen the coming years earlier in two key roles that showcased Neeson’s talent in action movies.

The Phantom Menace and Batman Begins showed that Liam Neeson is ready to be an action star

Before Bryan Mills, there was Qui-Gon Jinn & Ra’s al Ghul

Liam Neeson’s jump to blockbusters gave him his first opportunity in action movies, although not as hard as these Taken Movie series. No one can forget how, in 1999, young millennials like me were excited to learn new things Star Wars Movies are coming our way, starting with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Of course, looking back, The Phantom Menace was a disappointment (although whether or not it has a nostalgic place in the hearts of a generation is another story), but it has some pretty cool elements, among them Neeson’s character Qui-Gon Jinn.

Qui-Gon Jinn was a Jedi master and mentor of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was he who found a young Anakin Skywalker in Tatooine and believed that he was the “Chosen One”. Unfortunately, Qui-Gon Jinn was killed by Darth Maul in a lightsaber duel, and it was this scene that showed how great Neeson would be as an action star. You can ask any Star Wars Fan who were the best duels in the prequels and “Duel of the Fates” will be among the Top 3 (and the music is just fantastic), and Neeson led the scene beautifully along with Ray Park (Darth Maul).

Neeson took it a step further in 2005 when he played Henri Ducard/Ra’s al Ghul In Christopher Nolan Batman begins. The scenes of Bruce Wayne’s training with Henri Ducard and Batman’s final fight with Ra’s al Ghul on the train showed a different type of action than in The Phantom MenaceShowing yet another side of Neeson never seen before. Taken Established Neeson as an action star, but he has already teased the action star potential in the movies.

How Took was different from Liam Neeson’s previous action roles

Taken was much more action packed

Not similar The Phantom Menace And Batman beginswho have their action scenes here and there, Taken was a full-on action thriller. Taken Follows former CIA officer, Brian Mills, who seeks to find his daughter and her best friend after he is kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers in France. how so TakenThe action scenes are faster and more brutal than those in Neeson’s previous action roles.

The duel in The Phantom Menace Was perfectly choreographed and the action scenes in Batman begins Kept a grounded style to fit the movie’s tone, however The action scenes in Taken are made to show the training and skills of the actors. It is also important to remember that Neeson’s character in Taken is a former CIA officer, so he was trained in various types of combat and knows how to use weapons to defend himself and attack, and this is exactly what the movie showed in its action scenes.

As Liam Neeson cemented himself as an action star after taking

took a transition in Liam Neeson’s career

Although Taken Wasn’t a critical success, critics praised its action and how entertaining it is, even if the story isn’t the best. however, Taken was a huge success at the box office, paving the way for a franchise that now has three movies and one TV show. Neeson reprized his role as Bryan Mills in all three movies, thus maintaining his new status as an action star.

Neeson has also appeared in other action movies after-TakenSuch as Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans, Unknown, The marksmanAnd more. Taken Can’t get another movie soon or at all, but thanks to him, Liam Nissen Earned his place in film history as an action star.