Taken (2002) – Acid Tests

Acid Tests moves Leslie Bohem’s Taken miniseries into the 1970s. Bohem guides the characters through another feature length episode that first aired on 5 December, 2002. We’re entering the era of crop circles, and Crawford (Joel Gretsch) is joined by his grown son, Eric (Andy Powers) and Marty (John Hawkes) as he investigates them. One…

Taken (2002) – Jacob and Jesse

The second feature-length episode of Taken, presented by Steven Spielberg, first debuted on 3 December, 2002. It was written by series creator Leslie Bohem. The story opens during the winter of ’57 and guides us through 1958. Russel Keys (Steve Burton) has left his wife, Kate (Julie Benz), who has remarried, in an effort to…

War (2007) – Philip G. Atwell

War is a fairly generic action thriller featuring the pairing of Jason Statham and Jet Li. The pair have made five films together! In this one, Statham is Crawford, an FBI agent tracking down a mysterious assassin known as Rogue (Li), who killed his partner. Set in San Francisco (read as Vancouver) the film features…