Taken (2008) PHOTO : TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Liam Neeson has become the poster paternal hero with “a particular set of skills,” thanks to the Luc Besson-produced trilogy of thrillers. Taken, his career-pivoting turn as Bryan Mills, begins with Pierre Morel’s installment, in which Mills’ teenage daughter is kidnapped in France by human traffickers for sexual […]
Father’s Day: Hollywood Dads Who Would Do Everything and Anything to Save their Children
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Taken (2008); Prisoners (2013); San Andreas (2015); Fate of the Furious (2017)
War of the Worlds (2005): Movie Dads Who Kick Ass to Save their Children (Father’s Day)
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War of the Worlds (2005) PHOTO : PARAMOUNT/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION War of the Worlds, the Spielberg sci-fi disaster film, cast Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier, whose rare weekend with his estranged children (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) turns into a survival challenge during an alien attack. After letting his son join the Marines in direct combat, he […]
John Q (2002): Movie Dads Who Kick Ass to Save their Children (Father’s Day)
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John Q (2002) PHOTO : NEW LINE/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION In John Q., with hopes of securing a transplant for his dying son after a health insurance snafu, Denzel Washington as the title character puts an emergency room on deadly lockdown in Nick Cassavetes’ thriller. Heartwarming and heart-pounding, the film shows a father’s final plea to provide for […]
Air Force One (1997): Movie Dads Who Kick Ass to Save their Children (Father’s Day)
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Air Force One (1997) PHOTO : COLUMBIA/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Of Harrison Ford’s many paternal roles, it’s Wolfgang Petersen’s political action thriller that has him saving his White House staff and family members from Russian terrorists who hijack the president’s plane. As James Marshall, Ford shoots down the enemy (and memorably deploys Gary Oldman’s parachute) and delivers his […]
