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The expatriate and widower Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) has moved from New York to Anrwep with his estranged teenage daughter Amy Logan (Liana Liberato) to work for the technology corporation Halgate Group. When he breaks a sophisticated security code from a device, he notes that its patent has no record in Halgate and he calls the attention of his boss Derek Kohler (Neil Napier). Ben meets Amy and they do not go home; later Ben goes with Amy to his office and they find it completely empty. Further, all the records of his phone calls, e-mails, payslip and bank account have vanished. Out of the blue, a coworker abducts Ben and Amy in the bank but Ben kills him in self-defense. Ben finds a key from a locker in the Central Station and he finds photos of his daughter, himself and his coworkers. His further investigation shows that all the workers are dead in the morgue except Derek Kohler. Soon Ben discovers a huge conspiracy of Halgate Group relative to illegal arms sales to Africa with the involvement of rogue CIA agents. But Ben is in disgrace with the Agency and does not have any reliable contact to recur.

The unoriginal "Erased", a.k.a."The Expatriate", is an action thriller with a promising and intriguing beginning. Unfortunately the stupid and annoying daughter Amy with her silly attitudes makes any viewer lose the temper. The story has many flaws and holes, but the plot is fast-paced and distracts the viewer that is not aware. For example, the killers kill a lot of residents in Belgium; Ben blows-up the car with important guys; the police is chasing Ben and Amy; and he arrives at the airport dirty and ready to embark to the USA and probably without documents. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Perseguição Implacável" ("Relentless Manhunt")

I am a big fan of this genre, a genre that has been almost soaked of its originality, like most thriller i have watched, it didn't surpass the Bourne series but it was a series of clichés that was more comforting than worrying, Aaron Eckhart gives a very good performance as the lead character Ben Logan.

Liana Liberato gives a genuinely good performance as Eckharts estranged daughter Amy, who has been persuaded by Logan to leave her grandfathers custody in America in order to move to Belgium, to be with him.

The film starts off quite slow, but when the credits ran i was very happy with what i had witnessed, a good addition to the thriller genre.

I recently saw this film just based on its stars, Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko. Having watched it, I wonder why it was not better promoted.

An action/suspense flick, it features Eckhart as a CIA agent whose cover suddenly disappears, putting himself and his daughter (Liana Liberato) in mortal danger. No surprise, it looks like some kind of ruthless cover-up conspiracy. Yes, we've all seen movies like this before, but this is a tense, taut, and well-made suspense movie with very good casting. Eckhart is perfect for his role as the pseudo-good guy; handsome, dapper, chiseled. Kurylenko is also great as Anna, the subtly beautiful and inscrutable former colleague and possibly lover, who has the task of bringing him in, whatever that means. Liana Liberato does a credible job as the estranged daughter who just finds out that her Dad is or was a killer.

The plot moves quickly from story setup to action, and the suspense never lets up from there. While it doesn't quite have the thrills of a 'Bourne' film, it kept me interested. And while you kind of know (or hope) how it will end, it is definitely fun getting there.

It is a good movie that I will probably watch again.

Erased (2012)

Can we make a new genre here? British/American executive/spy/father gets in trouble in Europe and has to go on the run with corporate/government/counterspy evil everywhere.

I could list some (never mind the great Bourne films, which are extremes of the type). Certainly the "Taken" films (there are three now) are the closest parallel, but even "The International" comes to mind in the same vein. All of these have a sense of fear and darkness about the global order that glooms down on the characters.

And "Erased" is powerfully made, with good claustrophobic and jittery camera-work, believable acting, and a reasonable (if roughly familiar) plot. You get swept up quickly, as Aaron Eckhart juggles a high-security job and a teenage daughter going to private school. Through a quick (a peanut allergy) he avoids an early death and the movie takes off. All along the daughter is both emotional fodder for the feeling side of the film and a bit of a formative action figure (now and then). But it's dad who is really showing his smarts and fighting skills as an ex-CIA man.

Set in beautiful Belgium, the scenes range from those gorgeous old Europe streets and government buildings to the new Europe and high end glass corporate life. And then to the new, growing minority areas where Arabs and other Muslims live. Part of this emphasis might come from the main writer on the story, Arash Amel, who surely paints the division of cultures in a sympathetic way. Director Philip Stolzl is one of the newer generation of German mainstream directors with an eye for sweeping fast visuals and a solid plot ("North Face" is highly recommended). He, perhaps too much like Tom Tykwer, is taking a detour into some well-worn territory here, but showing his chops.

Expect to never be bored, to never know quite what might happen next, and to enjoy the ride kinetically. Even if nothing quite original happens. Ever.

An otherwise decent flick, the one-dimensional daughter drags down what could have been a better film with a real actress in that role.

The plot is not new, but Eckhart plays his role well. Worth a watch, but the daughter's one expression acting is deplorable.

That's the German title translated into English. It takes the name of the main character and tries something with it. Aaron Eckhardt is always good and he delivers here too. Even in moments you see him being weak (or making mistakes, especially concerning his daughter or his relationship with her). Having said that, his daughter does act very crazy. Now you could excuse that behavior by saying she's a teenager, but you might also be very annoyed by this.

Either way, the relationship daughter/father does work nice for the movie. There is also a theme running with the father and his trust issues, that is not fully explored. But it still has some fine moments. The tension is high and the movie delivers on the chase scenes too. Not a masterpiece by a long shot, but a nice watch

I personally enjoyed this film despite its many flaws. This is an action movie with enough credible story to hook the viewer and entertain for the duration. The plot is somewhat convoluted and in my opinion hard to follow at times, but despite that, the movie is fast paced with plenty of realist and believable action, so what if you're not certain as to the why this is all unfolding. The ending tries to bring all the whys and wherefores together and I guess it succeeds for the most part. The acting by most was good, but don't expect any Oscar nods for any of this cast. I'm going to cut to the chase, this was a fun movie for viewing, and I would consider it an excellent 5 out of 10 film.

Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) is a security technology researcher in Belgium for the Halgate Group. His daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) is not happy with the move after losing her mother. He reports a missing patent in their tech to his boss Derek Kohler. Later, he discovers that the office suddenly cleared out and the head office has no records of him. A co-worker kidnaps them but Ben manages to kill him. Clues lead to his former life with co-worker Anna Brandt (Olga Kurylenko) and a vast murderous conspiracy.

There is a bit of Bourne and Taken but less. It has Eckhart. It should be good but it's only passable. The setup is interesting but any early momentum slowly fades away. It becomes formulaic without anything new or particularly great. The action is lacking something special. Having the daughter presents some potential but it ends up being more of the same. This needs some imagination and sizzle to elevate it to a higher level.

Who's voting here? What do we ask of an action/thriller? 1. Action 2. Suspense that will keep you interested. Hopefully - this can be done intelligently. To do this with intelligence - and good acting - are bonuses. This Film delivered on all these counts. Post-film/editing sometimes don't find the perfect fit and the camera filters/ video are on the dark side (not enough light). Some plot details are muffled along the way but it does not get in the way of the entertainment value. The cast, story, intent and execution - are all there. Emphasis of genre is on "thriller" with some fairly good, fast action scenes that appear professional/credible. Main actors all performed well. Secondaries performances were... secondary. This film will not disappoint.

The "daughter" Liana's dialogue was so ridiculous it basically ruined the movie, and not to mention her over acting. There's some overly enraged school girl telling her dad that she is soooo upset because he lied to her about what he did for his job!?!? .... HELLO!!! He works for the CIA and obviously can't tell his teenage daughter that he works for the CIA and sometimes kills people for a living!!! It would be one thing if this ridiculousness just happened once in the movie.......but NOOOO!!! It was almost a main talking point in the movie!! JUST RIDICULOUS!!...... and the worst thing is that they actually had a pretty good movie... until the daughter started talking!!

With the aesthetically pleasing cities of Brussells and Antwerp as the back drop, this exciting international thriller opens full throttle and keeps the pulse rate steady throughout. This movie contains all the necessary ingredients for success, including action, suspense, mystery and intrigue. Aaron Eckhart does well in this starring role and is ably assisted by a solid, mostly European cast which only adds authenticity to the movie. While not quite in the same class as "Bourne" or "Taken", it is never the less a strong effort from German born director Phillip Stolzl that will keep fans of this genre more than satisfied. Like a great meal enjoyed in a fine restaurant that lingers in your memories for days afterward, this motion picture sits well on the palate and will be recalled long after the credits have closed.

Firstly the dialogue is idiotic. If a group is going to make a film in English at least they should have had one English speaking proof-reader go over the script. Shooting half a dozen people to steal something is not a "burglary." It's a "robbery." Ships are not "excavated." They are "salvaged." There are about 100 usage mistakes that just make the dialogue silly.

The overall story line is the most absurd and dumbed down jumble of clichés I have seen in a long time. An entire series of improbable situations strain even the most open minded viewer.

Avoid this tedious excuse for a film.

There was nothing on to watch so I decided to give this movie a try . I love Aaron Eckhart and this movie would've been much better without the annoying daughter. I definitely agree with the other reviewers . She added nothing to the story and although I think he's a great actor ,she definitely ruined this movie. She acted like a spoiled annoying brat . I would've rated it much higher if it wasn't for her. This was fast paced and entertaining but Would've worked better if he was alone. I guess you can watch it for yourself and decide but she was too whiny for me and I couldn't get beyond that. I rated 6/10 being generous.

...watch and enjoy! Sadly, I could not overlook her. Without the daughter, I would have been able to finish this film and most likely say I enjoyed it. She was the first and last straw that broke everything. I tried to hold on, I really did. But her character was just too entirely inconsistent, ridiculous, and therefore annoying. She sapped all joy out of watching Eckhart, who is great and was great in this film. Product of some seriously lazy writing. It almost felt like maybe she was an after-thought...or maybe the character didn't turn out the way they intended and they lost control. She was too bratty. I mean, she was actually unbelievably bratty. No, like literally, it was beyond my capability to suspend belief. She just wasn't real. Yes, they did take some clichéd scenarios we've seen before in the once estranged now newly reunited daughter/father relationship. But, honestly, that's not what killed it. What killed this movie was the absurdist approach to the rebellious teenage daughter. In one instance they're fighting and a split-second later she's beckoning for a show of affection. Dad saves her life and she's mad at him because he saved her life and by all accounts he shouldn't be able to do that. OF COURSE, if I thought my father had been a normal every day working class citizen and I saw him whip out some special agent moves, I would want answers. I WAS once a teenager. I have not forgotten what that was like. If this experience had happened, certainly, I would be confused, frightened, and possibly a little upset, but I wouldn't be so angry, I'd do things like snatch away from my father's grip and yell at him, spewing contempt because he's doing heroic things he shouldn't be able to do...especially when his heroics are done on my behalf.

The actress overplayed the role. She was in moments too grown and subsequently too young in others. There were moments she was completely clueless and asking tons of questions, whereas in others she was suddenly a skilled investigator and taking the lead in ways I would NEVER EVER believe a normal teenage child would begin to know how. I think Ms Liberato is a good actress, I just think with poor writing and poor directing she as well as her character never had a chance for success here.

She was just too unbearable. To have a skilled ex-CIA agent who is completely unable to put his foot down and tell his daughter to 'sit down, shut up, and do what I say!', surpassed what felt like a slap in the face. And the little to non-existing chemistry between her and Eckhart left us with nothing to save this film.

It was an excellent concept, and well made (cinematically). I was hooked from the very first second and dying to know what this mess was all about, but I couldn't take the daughter anymore, who, at every turn, proved herself more and more unimportant to the story. This story really and truly could have survived without the character all together and would have been great!

Overall this was a good solid thriller. A pretty much average employee comes to work one morning to find his office is empty and learns that the company he works for never heard of him or the office in which he worked. Pretty good start to a mystery compounded by a teenage daughter who feels, not unjustly, neglected. Both are abruptly thrust into a life and death situation with bad guys after them and the police are after them too. Most, perhaps all, the exteriors are in Belgium and it's always fun to see European cities by day and by night. Performances were all good. The main hit man was another Banat from "Journey into Fear" and all the bad guys were bad. My single big complaint, unfortunately inserting a spoiler here, is that up until a certain point in the film where we learn Mr. Eckart is an ex-CIA hit-man, he is every inch the humble office worker, completely dumbfounded and barely able to cope with even amateur tough guys. Once we establish his real identity, he becomes 007, McClane and a Terminator all in one, instantly revealing himself to be an extremely resourceful man capable not only of handling himself, but he is very creative. Too bad he couldn't have put some of that to good use early on, but then of course, we would only have had a fifteen minute short.

Aaron Eckhardt's acting was very good, the story was inventive, effects were great....but no cigar. It is amazing how a movie can have all the ingredients fir a great movie but, all together, they just don't taste that great. For me, I actually wanted the bad guys to keep the annoying, whiny, stupid daughter. It would have been nice if the dad had hauled off and smacked the little smart alec...but ack to the movie. Again, interesting idea. I think maybe Aaron Eckhardt's character needs to e a little more badass to really pull the viewer in. You kept waiting for him to start gently talking about global warming or the benefits of vegan instead of executing cold blooded killers. So close, guys. Decent to rent if you just want to watch something mindless

The true star of this better than average espionage thriller is Belgium. Shot in Antwerp and Brussels the cities are extraordinarily beautiful, written by Arash Amel and directed by Philipp Stölzl – both of whom are young and new to the business and it shows.

Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart in a solid performance) is an ex-CIA agent employed by a huge conglomerate Halgate and working for one of their subsidiary companies as a security engineer. He has invited his daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) to move from the US to Belgium to live with him to reconnect after a lengthy separation. Ben's job is to try to get pass security protocols, fool the eye scanners and break into safes. But overnight Ben discovers that his company, Halgate, no longer inhabits his workplace and that all evidence of Ben's existence has been erased. Slowly he discovers that there is a huge conspiracy surrounding his employer and that soon he and his daughter will become subjects of a manhunt. Ben's co- workers are all murdered with the exception of his colleague Derek Kolper (Neil Napier) who apparently has possession of documents that will bring the conspiracy into the open. Ben relies on his US operative colleague Anna Brandt (the beautiful Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko) who is not who she seems. Amy grows from being a dysfunctional disgruntled teenager to a keen 'agent' with some help from her boyfriend Nabil (the very bright handsome new rising star Yassine Fadel). Targeted for termination by a company with seemingly unlimited recourses, they only have one choice: get to the bottom of this conspiracy in a hope that it will save their lives.

Though there are holes in this story and many borrowed concepts from other films in this genre, the film provides visual if not intellectual excitement. The cast is solid and there is always the magnificent beauty of Belgium to fill in the gaps. Who knows how it will fare when it reaches the theaters, but for now it provides a solid at home evening of entertainment. Grady Harp, April 13

I took a chance on "Erased" because I like spy novels and intrigue. But this film was a scrambled egg at best. If you take ten minutes from The Net, a Bourne movie, a Mission Impossible Movie, Ronin, a Liam Neeson thriller, and a made-for-TV father-daughter Movie of the Week drama, and then edit them all together, you might get an idea of how loose and disjointed this plot is. It's over-the-top but takes itself seriously, which just makes it sad. I actually felt sorry that the actors were forced to say some of these lines. One minute the daughter character was acting 13, the next minute she was assessing situations and taking action like a professional spy. The basic plot is revealed much too quickly and obviously, which is unforgivable for a spy thriller.

I discovered this thriller on IMDb. After I have seen the trailer I thought this one I don't have to miss. In fact it is a fast paced action movie with many elements shown already in other hot films such as Taken or Bourne. The main actors delivered all credible performances. The agents therefore came too weak here. What I didn't like was the cheap cold and dark picture all over the running time. The end was one of the best scenes. I spent really an entertaining evening. This DVD finds a nice place in my best of collection.

Solid rating 6.5/10.

I recommend also both Taken or The Bourne.

The movie is enjoyable, pacing seems fine, story is ok to good. Would of been better if they hadn't written the girl to be such a stereotypical bratty girl. What child or adult would act the way she did just because of a lie? If they would of made her more competent or incompetent would of worked but the brat thing was difficult to watch. At times she was as dislikable as the bad guys.