|  | Actors: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 2255352
UPC: 024543553526
EAN: 0024543553526
ASIN: B001TODCII
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 12, 2009
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If It Quacks Like a Duck.... October 2, 2009
David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA)
I'm not going to mince words. "Taken" is trash cinema in the best sense. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when the film's premise was pitched. Ex-CIA operative trying to rescue his comely teenage daughter in Paris after she's kidnapped by an Albabian white slavery ring. Probably the honchoes listening to the spiel were sold at mid-sentence. What makes the film palatable is the prescence of Liam Neeson. Neeson does his "Schindler's List" best to elevate this project above it's pulp roots. Neeson and the film's makers keep you in their grip from start to finish. After it's over though you realize that what you've seen is preposterous. Don't tax your brain cells too hard and enjoy the thrill ride.
 Ce film était terrible October 1, 2009
Dave (New Jersey)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
See that French quote I used for my review title? Cutting and pasting that into a google search will bring you more pleasure than this movie will. All I can ask is WHY did Neeson ever agree to star in this one?? Did his Schindler's List money run out already? This type of nonsense is better left to the governor of California for heavens sake. The first twenty minutes serve to "develop the charactors" then it's shoot this, break that, fly threw this, jump on that, swing from this rope and mimic spiderman. I felt like I was watching a video game of twenty bad guys attacking the good guy with their fists up and mouths open just waiting to get bashed. I honestly feel a little dumber after having watched it. Who is really going to pay $350,000 for that girl anyway?? And why wouldn't the fat guy at the end just give her back instead of putting up a fight. You know, like say "sorry I didn't know she was your daughter, here you go pal." Silly silly silly. Adios
Good movie September 29, 2009
Mercedes (Colorado, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was a good movie. Liam Neeson plays a father whose daughter is taken by human traffickers. He's a retired government agent and knows how to kick butt. He does a lot of killing and head busting in this movie and they all deserve it. This movie makes you wish you could fight like Liam and take on several bad guys at one time. It did have the Steven Segal and the Jason Statham fight feel; lots of bad guys against one. It is a good action film worth seeing more than once and even though Liam does look older, he pulled the vengeful father part off quite nice.
 HOLY COW September 28, 2009
William E. Linney
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, *HOLY COW* now that's a good thriller movie. Kept me on the edge of my seat, that's for sure.
An extreme take over... September 23, 2009
Jonnathan Ritland (Marysville, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Possible spoilers
Action films when done right can be a great form of escapism, (The "Die Hard" Films, "Face/Off") however some are just plain bad, ("Wanted" anyone?).
"Taken" is a very and I mean very bare bones action flick that stars Liam Neeson ("Les Miserables" "Batman Begins") as Bryan Mills a retired government agent who goes to look for the men who took his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace, "The Fog" and T.V.'s "Lost") while she and a friend were on a trip in Paris.
Mills finds out from a longtime friend of his that these men take young traveling girls and sell them as prositutes on the black market. So with this information and a ticking clock off Mills goes.
After the first 30-35 minutes, the film is mainly one action sequence after another as Mills' search for his daughter takes him all over Paris and other parts of France, I'm guessing at least since a lot of loactions were never fully specified.
There's a really cool chase scene throughout a construction site where some men are holding some of the girls. Almost every action portion involves Mills using skills he learned over the years (basically how to kill) to get information and take down people to get his daughter back.
The action is great, fast paced and of course mostly ridiculous. The rest of the cast is made up of mostly throwaway characters and stereotypical bad guys, though Famke Janssen has a small role as Mills ex-wife and of course is Kim's mother.
Personally as silly and goofy as the film can be and is, it's a ton of fun and flies by quickly though given the 85 minutes running time it's not suprising. If you want non-stop bare bones action pick up "Taken" and enjoy. 3.5 out of 4 stars.
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