Taken - "John"

We're nearing the end of this sci-fi epic presented by Steven Spielberg and it's getting good. This is probably the best episode of the bunch, not being weighed down by a lot of historic, family mumbo-jumbo. The puzzle pieces are starting to come together and we finally find out what that little alien-hybrid, Ally (convincingly played by alien-hybrid acting machine, Dakota Fanning)is really capable of.

There is a big twist in this one, but I won't ruin it.

I'm very hesitant to watch the last episode. To me, Spielberg is a terrible ender. Now, I know he's only producing here, but I have to imagine he had some hand in the plot, and if I know one thing, it's that Spielberg will almost always take the family-friendly, cheesy way out.

Let me give you an example: AI. I thought it was a great movie, very interesting, well acted and different than anything we've seen before. Except for the Kid Rock/Chris Rock carnival scene, the movie is as cool as they come.

And then Spielberg ruined it.

Instead of ending it on the perfectly ambiguous shot of Haley Joel confronting the Angel, he takes us into far into the future for a horrendously long, overcooked epilogue. I'm convinced that had he not included this piece of shit, add-on ending, people would look back on the film as not only positive, but one of his better films.

I smell the same thing happening with Taken, but I hope I'm wrong. I seriously don't want to regret 15 hours of my screen-watching life.