You don’t know who the perps are until the very end, and even then, their reasons/backgrounds are so minor in the scope of things I doubt many viewers would even pay attention or could tell you any of what that article is telling you. I don’t know what got into that author’s craw about this movie... it just isn’t a political movie at all.
Words mean things.
Plots are written a specific way to convey a specific imagery.
It might not be “a political movie” per se, but the choice of the villains certainly IS a political statement, however subtle.
I enjoyed Neeson in “Taken” and “Taken 2”. I also enjoyed him in “Michael Collins” and “Rob Roy” as well.
But for this, with that ending? Nah.
Like I said. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll pass.