Taken--and brought back

WARNING:movie spoiler probably included!
A couple of nights ago, I watched a different kind of action film. Taken, with Liam Neeson, was an action flick laced with home-spun emotion--sort of. The action is driven by the undying love for a father--who, for once, can use his skills to save her life instead of neglect her, which is his general track record. For that, I applaud the film; for once, I'm not in it for just the action--it's pretty good as a thriller.
Except for the action, of course. I am here, now, not to poke holes in the plot, but to point them out, of course. Most of those holes were in the action sequences. Most memorable to me was the raid on the docks--we already have experience with one man taking out six or seven armed ones--no problem there. The problem is, he runs outside carrying this chick to a random Jeep, and happens to find the key in the ignition--no explanation, of course, he just turns the thing on (later, when he steals another car, he does it the traditional way: using a coat hanger to get in and sparking the wires under the steering column). Then, of course he explodes a cluster of gasoline barrels that are sitting around in the parking lot--cuz that's what they keep around in dock yards, in case someone needs them (to blow up?!?). Oh, and they were right next to the bum-barrel of burning garbage or whatever it is that they burn--which is what lit the explosion. La-di-da, he doesn't get hit by any bullets, he gets away, destroying three cars--typical. One of them gets pushed onto a random ramp or pile of dirt and flips over, which was a dreadful action cut.
An intriguing point in the film is when he has to go through the tiers of corruption in Paris--and (SPOILER ALERT!!) comes back to his friend/contact. But he just wades stubbornly through it, tortures a man, kills plenty of others--nearly unscathed. He gets a blow to the head, a couple of bullets through the arm, and a couple of punches thrown in the side, but "you shoulda seen the otha' guys" would have been a fitting last line... Which brings me to my last point: the end, in which he returns peacefully home and gets away with everything!! I can hardly believe that just because all of the men (he did his best to keep the helpless, subdued women alive--and mourned those he didn't) he killed were involved in illegal activity it was OK?? France just let him fly back?? He threatened the family of a superior French officer, and waltzed through the airport security afterwards?? Oh, well. Everyone gets their happy ending...