In this months Film Club, Luke from the Oracle of Film chose Taken as our film of the month. It was a popular choice in the end, and one that scored higher among our members than I previously thought it would. Below are Luke’s reasons for picking Taken, followed by each members review of the film.

“Wow, there is a lot of pressure picking a film for film club. The immediate impulse is to pick a classic, something we all love and can enjoy rewatching. However I really want to switch things up and go for a bad movie. I just cannot bring myself to do it. I don’t want to be the guy that makes you sit through a painful two hours of terrible movie making.

In the end, I went down the middle with Luc Besson’s Taken, starring Liam Neeson. It is a very divisive movie and…