Taken

2008

PG-13

1h 34m

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7.4/10

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Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

Directors

Pierre Morel

Writers

Luc Besson(writer by)

Robert Mark Kamen(writer by)

Stars

Liam Neeson

Maggie Grace

Famke Janssen

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Bryan Mills

Kim Mills

Lenore St. John

Jean-Claude Pitrel

Sam Gilroy

Mark Casey

Bernie Harris

Sheerah

Patrice Saint-Clair

Marko Hoxha

Stuart St. John

Amanda

Anton

Peter

Ali

Gregor

Isabelle Pitrel

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Directors

Pierre Morel

Writers

Luc Besson(writer by)

Robert Mark Kamen(writer by)

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8/10

This is a very good action/thriller flick. It currently holds a 7.9 rating at IMDb which it certainly deserves. The few people giving this a 1 or 2 star rating must be disgruntled French people who do not like to see the French government officials portrayed as corrupt bastards (which they often are anyway). I generally like Liam Neeson so the fact that he is in the movie kind of got the movie off to a good start already. In this movie he plays a real badass, I-kick-the-shit-out-of-anyone-standing-in-my-way, former CIA agent hunting down the despicable low-life that kidnapped his daughter. I really, really liked the role he played in this movie. He makes characters like Bourne look like wussy. Even I was surprised when he actually shot the wife of the corrupt French government bastard to get him to talk. That was just awesome. The movie is pretty much action all the way. Well, it starts off laying the groundwork for the story and here Liam Neeson is indeed playing a fairly timid father that seems to be a bit out of his depth. Once he gets thrown into his right element he quickly casts of the sheep's fur and reveals the wolf (sabre-toothed) underneath. This is really a textbook action/thriller movie. A very enjoyable hour and a half indeed.

Dark Jedi09 Mar, 2013